English turquoise and enamel necklace
English turquoise and enamel necklace and brooch suite by C R Ashbee
The belcher-link chain set at intervals with irregular turquoise cabochons within beaded borders, suspending a blue enamel and turquoise 'hybrid' pendant, with three articulated trace-link chain drops each terminating with a turquoise cabochon. together with a brooch en suite.
The brooch is not shown
from Bonhams
Charles Robert Ashbee ( 1863 – 1942) English architect and designer was a prime mover of the Victorian Arts & Crafts Movement which took its craft ethic from the works of John Ruskin and William Morris
Ashbee was defined by one source as "designer, architect, entrepreneur, and social reformer". His disciplines included metalwork, textile design, furniture, jewellery and other objects in the British Art Nouveua style and Arts and Crafts genres He became an elected member of the Art Workers Guild in 1892, and was elected as its Master in 1929.
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