NELSON & EDITH DAWSON (c.1880-1940) - Receive artist alerts » - More items from this artist »

Signed with a ‘D’ on the enamel

5.00cm wide    10.00cm high    (1.97 inches wide  3.94 inches high)

Gold set with sapphires & diamonds
The enamel plaque centred with a large rose
in translucent enamel
Fitted case
Literature: The Fine Art Society, Spring 1986,catalogue number 92, illustrated.
‘The use of facet cut precious stones is rare in the Dawsons' work; this suggests a private commission, possibly one of the series of jewels ordered for Lady Stanley, by her husband’
Illustrated: Le Bijou Art Nouveau en Europe,
Rolende van Strydonck de Burkel, 1998, p.77