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Necklace

ca. 1902 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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.’ Between 1902 and 1924 Arthur was also head of the Birmingham School for Silversmiths and Jewellers, a position which encouraged others, like the maker of this necklace, to be inspired by their work.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Silver openwork decorated with enamel and set with cabachon moonstones in gold collets
Brief description
Silver openwork necklace, decorated with enamelled flowers and set with moonstones in gold collets, inspired by Arthur and Georgie Gaskin, probably Birmingham, about 1902
Physical description
Silver openwork necklace, decorated with enamelled flowers and set with cabachon moonstones in gold collets
Dimensions
  • Height: 16.5cm
  • Width: 15cm
  • Depth: 0.8cm
Style
Production
Inspired by the work of Arthur and Georgie Gaskin
Subjects depicted
Summary
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.’ Between 1902 and 1924 Arthur was also head of the Birmingham School for Silversmiths and Jewellers, a position which encouraged others, like the maker of this necklace, to be inspired by their work.
Bibliographic references
  • The Earthly Paradise: F. Cayley Robinson, F.L. Griggs and the painter- craftsmen of the Birmingham Group, with an introduction by Charlotte Gere. Catalogue of the exhibition held at the Fine Art Society, London, 30 June – 31 July, 1969 (London: Fine Art Society, 1969)
  • Arthur & Georgie Gaskin. Catalogue of the exhibition at Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery, 11 February - 21 March, 1982 and Fine Arts Society, London, 29 March - 30 April, 1982. Birmingham: City Museum and Art Gallery, 1982. ISBN 0709301049
  • Gere, Charlotte. Victorian Jewellery Design. London: Kimber, 1972.
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.348-1963

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Record createdAugust 23, 2006
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