NELSON DAWSON (1859-1941) & EDITH DAWSON (1862-1928)
THE PROPERTY OF A FAMILY TRUST
NELSON DAWSON (1859-1941) & EDITH DAWSON (1862-1928)

'ST SIMEON STYLITES', A PLAQUE, ENAMEL 1903, SILVER 1922

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NELSON DAWSON (1859-1941) & EDITH DAWSON (1862-1928)
'ST SIMEON STYLITES', A PLAQUE, ENAMEL 1903, SILVER 1922
silver, enamel, mother-of-pearl, mounted on ebony
12 ¼ x 10 ½ in. (31 x 26.7 cm.)
enamel panel D. 1903, silver stamped ND and hallmarks London 1922, applied paper label hand-inscribed Translucent Enamel in setting of beaten Silver on Ebony. "S. Simeon Stylites" by Nelson + Edith Dawson Staithe House, the Mall - Chiswick London W. 4 price £75 No. 2.

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Lot Essay

Nelson Dawson trained as an architect, but studied enamelling under Alexander Fisher. He taught his wife Edith to enamel and she produced enamels for jewellery and objects at his workshop from 1893.

The enamel plaque in this lot depicts Saint Simeon Stylites who spent thirty-seven years living on a platform on a pillar.

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