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Brooch
Gaskin, Georgie Cave, born 1868 - died 1934 - Enlarge image
Brooch
- Place of origin:
Birmingham, England (made)
- Date:
ca. 1922 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Gaskin, Georgie Cave, born 1868 - died 1934 (designer)
- Materials and Techniques:
Silver wire, opals, glass immitating emeralds
- Museum number:
CIRC.896-1923
- Gallery location:
Jewellery, room 91, case 29, shelf B, box 2
Arthur and Georgie Gaskin were a husband and wife team known for their Arts and Crafts style jewellery. They had both studied at the Birmingham School of Art and went on to establish a workshop which was admired for producing elegant, hand-made pieces in a city geared to the machine-production of jewellery on an industrial scale.
Describing how they worked, Georgie wrote ‘I did all the designing & he did all the enamel, and we both executed the work with our assistants.’ Their jewellery was mainly in silver and like this brooch was characterised by designs of closely-packed leaves and flowers sprinkled with gemstones. Between 1902 and 1924 Arthur was also head of the Birmingham School for Silversmiths and Jewellers.
