Not currently on display at the V&A

Pair of Clasps

c.1900 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Two matching enamel clasps. Enamel on copper mounted in silver. Both represent birds in blue against a background of white, with four surrounding dots of brown. Probably designed as a buckle. The back of the silver surround carries the letter 'D' with an ivy leaf: Nelson Dawson's insignia. The enamels were probably designed by Nelson Dawson and made by Edith Dawson.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Plaque
  • Plaque
Materials and techniques
Enamel and silver
Brief description
Pair of silver and enamel plaques with a design of a bird surrounded by a silver ivy border. Probably intended to be used as a belt buckle. Designed by Nelson Dawson and made by Edith Dawson, England, c. 1900.

Physical description
Two matching enamel clasps. Enamel on copper mounted in silver. Both represent birds in blue against a background of white, with four surrounding dots of brown. Probably designed as a buckle. The back of the silver surround carries the letter 'D' with an ivy leaf: Nelson Dawson's insignia. The enamels were probably designed by Nelson Dawson and made by Edith Dawson.
Dimensions
  • Height: 4.3cm
  • Width: 4.9cm
  • Approximately depth: 0.5cm
Style
Object history
Received from Edith and Nelson's daughters: Mrs Rhoda Bickerdale & Miss Mary Dawson, the Guardship, Church Street, W4 on 18th July 1960. RP 60/2408

Nelson Dawson Exhibition RF.2006/662
Bibliographic references
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.344A-1960

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Record createdMarch 9, 2007
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