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1808-1917 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A magazine cutting in an album of designs by Leon Auguste Pageot known as 'Auguste' Pageot (born in Pontailler-sur-Seine, France) and died in action in the First World War at Arras France in 1917). Pageot trained as a jewellery designer. In 1908, he won a competition to work in London. His designs for the royal cipher for King George V can still be seen on some British post boxes, for example, at Bembridge Post Office, Isle of Wight. In addition, he designed the badge for the Royal Flying Corps that became the Royal Air Force.

Pageot was a freelance jewellery designer apparently working for jewellers such as Cartier in London. His work is important to jewellery history because the brief period when he worked can be pinpointed to 1908 and his untimely death in 1917. His high quality and prolific output of designs thus provide a valuable record of design from 1908 to 1917.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
printed paper
Brief description
Design for jewellery from an album of designs by Auguste Pageot
Physical description
An irregular shaped piece of paper with a grey background, which is basically square but with a semi-circular shape cut out at the right hand corner at the top. It features 17 objects which use floral motifs and are numbered on the top row, 583 and 603 and on the bottom row, 593, 609 and 611
Dimensions
  • Height: 13.5cm
  • Width: 13.5cm
Credit line
Given by the descendants of Auguste Pageot, Henri Pageot, Marianne Pratt, Jeanette Vazquez and Christine Johnson
Summary
A magazine cutting in an album of designs by Leon Auguste Pageot known as 'Auguste' Pageot (born in Pontailler-sur-Seine, France) and died in action in the First World War at Arras France in 1917). Pageot trained as a jewellery designer. In 1908, he won a competition to work in London. His designs for the royal cipher for King George V can still be seen on some British post boxes, for example, at Bembridge Post Office, Isle of Wight. In addition, he designed the badge for the Royal Flying Corps that became the Royal Air Force.

Pageot was a freelance jewellery designer apparently working for jewellers such as Cartier in London. His work is important to jewellery history because the brief period when he worked can be pinpointed to 1908 and his untimely death in 1917. His high quality and prolific output of designs thus provide a valuable record of design from 1908 to 1917.
Collection
Accession number
E.1358:11-2010

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Record createdFebruary 1, 2011
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