1983.197

Charles Robert Ashbee (designer), Guild of Handicraft (maker)

Silver brooch, pendant or hair ornament with gold wirework and stones to form a peacock designed by C R Ashbee and made by the Guild of Handicraft. Peacocks recur in Ashbee's designs and had significance for him as a symbol of the richness of colour and lavish craftsmanship of the Arts and Crafts Movement. Its combination of pride and 'fine feathers' makes it an apt image for jewellery, providing the wearer with beauty by association and a reminder of the sin of pride. This piece is curious in that the garnets are facet cut, even though Ashbee had claimed in 1894 that garnets should also be cut en cabochon.

Chipping Campden, Chipping Campden

1900 - 1902

Arts & Crafts

brooch, pendant, hair ornament

silver, gold, pearl, garnet, almandine, tourmaline, amethyst

, faceted, faceted, faceted, cabochon cut