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This artwork, A Highly Important Guild of Handicraft Brooch In the form of a Peacock Standing on an opal orb, it's tail recumbent by Charles Robert Ashbee, is currently for sale at Tadema Gallery.
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Charles Robert Ashbee, A Highly Important Guild of Handicraft Brooch In the form of a Peacock Standing on an opal orb, it's tail recumbent
 
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TITLE:  A Highly Important Guild of Handicraft Brooch In the form of a Peacock Standing on an opal orb, it's tail recumbent
ARTIST:  Charles Robert Ashbee (English, 1863–1942)
WORK DATE:  circa 1900
CATEGORY:  Jewelry and Gemstones
MATERIALS:  Silver Gold Opal Peridot
SIZE:  h: 8.7 x w: 4.2 cm / h: 3.4 x w: 1.7 in
PRICE*:  Contact Gallery for Price
GALLERY:  Tadema Gallery  +44 (0)20 7359 1055  Send Email
DESCRIPTION:  Original fitted case by Marcus & Co
The silk marked: 'MARCUS & CO. JEWELERS. 5th AVE.COR.45thST. NEW YORK'

The Ashbee Peacock jewels are extremely rare. They are archetypal of the best & most innovative of the Guild of Handicrafts work.

ONLINE CATALOGUE(S):  Jewelry Inventory
Pre-Raphaelite to British Arts and Crafts Jewellery c.1880 - 1930  Jun 11 - Jul 6, 2011
LITERATURE:  Documented 'Further designs from C.R. Ashbee's album of drawings number 1463 (Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea) Pre-Raphaelite to Arts & Crafts Jewellery, 1989, Gere & Munn, p.186
 
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