Buckle and Belt Tag
ca. 1905 (designed)
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Henry Wilson was an architect, sculptor, metalworker and jeweller. He produced perhaps the most accomplished of all Arts and Crafts jewellery. A fellow artist-jeweller wrote to him: 'I simply can't understand how you can do such wonderful work. Apart altogether from the beauty of the designs and colour, the making of the things beats everything.'
Wilson championed the simple polished stone, which he felt preserved its 'mysterious magical quality' against modern geometric and faceted gems.
Wilson championed the simple polished stone, which he felt preserved its 'mysterious magical quality' against modern geometric and faceted gems.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 3 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Silver, cast, chased, enamelled and mounted with cabochon-cut stones |
| Brief description | Silver buckle and belt tag, decorated with enamel, moonstones, amethysts and other stones, and mounted with cast roundels of stags and birds, designed by Henry Wilson, around 1905 |
| Physical description | Silver buckle and belt tag decorated with enamel and set with moonstones, amethysts and other stones, cast roundels of stags and birds. |
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| Credit line | Accepted by HM Government in lieu of Tax and allocated to the Victoria and Albert Museum |
| Production | This buckle and belt tag was designed by Henry Wilson and probably made at his London workshop |
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| Summary | Henry Wilson was an architect, sculptor, metalworker and jeweller. He produced perhaps the most accomplished of all Arts and Crafts jewellery. A fellow artist-jeweller wrote to him: 'I simply can't understand how you can do such wonderful work. Apart altogether from the beauty of the designs and colour, the making of the things beats everything.' Wilson championed the simple polished stone, which he felt preserved its 'mysterious magical quality' against modern geometric and faceted gems. |
| Bibliographic reference | Fondevila, M. and M. Doñate, eds. Joyas de artista: del modernismo a la vanguardia. Barcelona: Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya. p. 89, no. 48. ISBN 9788480432252 |
| Other number | LOAN:MORSE.1:1 to 2 - Previous loan number |
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| Accession number | M.5:1 to 3-2002 |
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| Record created | August 16, 2002 |
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