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The Tree of Life
Alexander Fisher, born 1864 - died 1936 - Enlarge image
The Tree of Life
- Object:
Morse
- Place of origin:
London, England (made)
- Date:
ca. 1906 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Alexander Fisher, born 1864 - died 1936 (designer)
Davis, J. (maker) - Materials and Techniques:
Gold with silver and set with emeralds enclosing a transluscent enamel
- Museum number:
M.39-1968
- Gallery location:
Jewellery, room 91, case 27, shelf D, box 1
Alexander Fisher was an enamel specialist whose eloquent teaching and writing on the subject did much to revive enthusiasm for the medium in Britain. He specialised in painted enamels after being inspired by lectures from the Sèvres craftsman Louis Dalpeyrat in the 1880s. Fisher went on to study in Paris, and on his return to London displayed his work through the Arts & Crafts Exhibition Society.
In one of his frequent contributions to The Studio in 1903, Fisher commented that ‘All the bewildering surfaces, all the depths and loveliness that lie darkly in the waters of sea caves … the jewelled brilliance of sunshine on snow … indeed, the very embodiments in colour of the intensity of beauty – these are at hand for expression in enamel.’
