A Guild of Handicraft white metal brooch designed by C.R. Ashbee with an openwork design in the form of a tree, with repoussé details set with turquoise enamel and baroque pearl drops, in its original fitted case, engraved LC; and a Guild of Handicraft white metel and enamel brooch with a wirework scrolled design, set with turquoises and turquoise enamel (2)
Details
A Guild of Handicraft white metal brooch designed by C.R. Ashbee with an openwork design in the form of a tree, with repoussé details set with turquoise enamel and baroque pearl drops, in its original fitted case, engraved LC; and a Guild of Handicraft white metel and enamel brooch with a wirework scrolled design, set with turquoises and turquoise enamel (2)
Exhibited
Cheltenham, C.R. Ashbee and the Guild of Handicrafts, 1981, E.23
Lot Essay
Cf. Alan Crawford, C.R. Ashbee, Yale, USA, 1985, pl. XIX, illustrated