Lot 301 , Attributed to Edward Spencer and John Haughton Maurice Bonnor for the Artificer's Guild, a rare Arts & Crafts silver, enamel and gem-set necklace, England/Wales, early 20th century

Attributed to Edward Spencer and John Haughton Maurice Bonnor for the Artificer's Guild, a rare Arts & Crafts silver, enamel and gem-set necklace, England/Wales, early 20th century, the necklace composed of medallion links applied with green and white enamel zig zag stripes, alternating with medallions of embossed fish, spaced by moonstone and chrysoprase cabochons, decorated with gilt rope twist and beaded details, to a pendant designed as a longboat over a moonstone cabochon, suspending a lower section embossed with a fish to each side, set with emerald cabochons, from chains composed of gilt seashell links and seed pearls, necklace length 45cm, pendant length 5cm, unsigned, gross weight approximately 33 grams, some losses to enamel

Cf.: Elyse Zorn Karlin, Jewellery & Metalwork in the Arts & Crafts Tradition, 1993, p.94, for a similar necklace, later sold by Tadema Gallery, ref. 10079, by Spencer and Bonnor for the Artificer's Guild, dated circa 1905, with identical embossed elements
£200-300

Sold for £4,000