VAN DEN BOSCH Jewellery Buckles & Buttons

C. R. ASHBEE (1863-1942) THE GUILD OF HANDICRAFT Ltd. (1888-1907) An important silver and enamel buckle set mother-of -pearl formed as two winged dragonflies. English. Circa 1900. Size: Width 11.2. Height 6.1. (Fitted case) Lit.: The Guild of Handicraft, Ltd., Workers in Applied Art Silversmiths & Jewellers. Gürtelschließen des Jugendstils. Karl Kreuzer. Page 58. An illustration page 59.
HUTTON & SONS Ltd. A silver cloak clasp enamelled with daffodils and May hawthorn (May blossom). Size: Diameter 3.8 cm.(Original fitted case) English. Marks for Hutton & Sons Ltd. Hallmarks for London 1895.
NELSON (1859-1942) & EDITH DAWSON An early steel buckle. Each half in the form of four swans set with an enamel of fruiting apple branches. Size: Total width 12.5 cm. Height 6 cm. (Fitted case) English. Signed to the reverse with a ‘D’ centred in a leaf and dated 1894. Lit.: Jewelry and Metalwork in the Arts & Crafts Tradition. Elyse Zorn Karlin. Illus. page 51. Sold
MURRLE BENNETT & Co. (1886-1914) A silver Murrle Bennett & Co. buckle set with turquoise cabochon stones. Anglo/German. Import mark for London 1903 and MB & Co. Size: Ht. 4.6 cm. Width 5.7 cm. (Buckle case) Lit.: Art Nouveau Jewelry. Vivienne Becker. Liberty Style. Academy Editions.
OLIVER BAKER (1856-1939) for LIBERTY & Co. A silver buckle set with a central turquoise and with side sections of spot hammered stylised scrollwork. (Original Liberty & Co. case) Marked ‘L & Co. Cymric’. Hallmarks for B’ham 1901. Size: Ht. 7 cm. Width 10.7cm. Liberty Jewellery sketch book number 107.
JOHN EDWARD WILSON (1854-1934) A silver buckle set with an autumnal enamel of oak leaves and acorns. The enamel panel monogrammed ‘W’. English. Circa 1910. Size: Height 6 cm. Width 5 cm. Provenance: Family descent. (Fitted case)
KATE HARRIS (fl. 1898-1920) WILLIAM HUTTON & SONS. A silver three piece belt buckle decorated with a young girl amongst blossom. Size: Height 6 cm. Total width 9.5 cm. (Fitted case)
Maker’s marks and hallmarks for London 1899. Lit.: A Marriage of Art and Commerce. Stephen Pudney. Gürtelschließen des Jugendstils. Karl Kreuzer. Ills. page 59. Sold
APPLE BLOSSOM BUCKLE. A silver buckle enamelled with apple blossom branches . Marked ‘925’, ‘BK’, and with import marks for London 1911. (Buckle case) Size: Height 6.1 cm. Width 7.8 cm. (Minute fault to bottom edge of back enamel.)
MURRLE BENNETT & Co. (1886-1914) A silver Murrle Bennett & Co. buckle set opals. German. Marked ‘MB & Co.’ and with import mark for London 1902. Size: Height 4.2 cm. Width 6.4 cm. (Fitted case) Lit.: Art Nouveau Jewelry. Vivienne Becker. Liberty Style. Academy Editions.
JOHN BAKER BENNETT & Co. A silver, two piece buckle, enamelled with blue and green enamels. English. Maker’s mark and hallmarks for Birmingham 1907. Size: Height 3.8 cm. Width 7.2 cm. (Buckle case)
ROBERT KRAFT A hammered ‘Alpacca’ (nickel silver) buckle set with violet rose glass stones. German. Unmarked . Size: Diameter 7.5 cm. Circa 1905. Lit.: Deutsche und österreichische Schmuckarbeiten. Pages 42-48. B. Dry-v.Zezschwitz & G. Dry. Published 1991. (Cased) Sold
A SKONVIRKE BUCKLE A silver, three piece, Scandinavian buckle, depicting a Viking ship set on an enamelled background of a seascape. Unmarked . Size: Height 5 cm. Width 10 cm. Circa 1910. (In an original fitted case)
OMAR RAMSDEN (1873-1939) & ALWYN CARR (1872-1940) A silver buckle set an enamel, attributed to Charles Fleetwood Varley, depicting a woodland scene. (Fitted case) Makers’ marks & hallmarks for London 1905. Size: Height 6.5 cm. Width 2 cm. Lit.: Gürtelschließen des Jugendstils. Karl Kreuzer. Colour plate 22. Similar buckle. Sold
KATE HARRIS (fl. 1898-1920) for WILLIAM HUTTON & SONS A rare silver two piece buckle. English. Maker’s marks. Hallmarks for London 1900. Size: Height 3.7 cm. Width 8.5 cm. Lit.: A Marriage of Art and Commerce. Stephen Pudney. Silver Society Journal. Gürtelschließen des Jugendstils. Karl Kreuzer. Illustration page 22. (Fitted case)
OLIVER BAKER (1856-1939) for LIBERTY & Co. A silver buckle set central plaque of abalone the side sections of spot hammered stylised scrollwork. Marked ‘L & Co. Cymric’. Hallmarks for B’ham 1901. Size: Ht. 6.8 cm. Width 10.6 cm. (Fitted case) Liberty Jewellery sketch book number 107. Sold
LEVINGER & BISSINGER. A set of three Jugendstil silver enamelled buttons each set with a cabochon garnet. Anglo/German. Marked for Levinger & Bissinger, ‘900’ and ‘Depose’. Size: Dia. 2.5 cm. Lit.: Schmuck in Deutschland und Österreich 1895-1914. Ulrike von Hase. Jugendstil-Schmuck // Art Nouveau Jewellery from Pforzheim. Fritz Falk. Sold
MAX JOSEPH GRADL (1873-1934) for THEODOR FAHRNER A large, rare Jugendstil silver buckle set with green chalcedony. German. Circa 1900. Marks: ‘TF ’‘935’ ‘Sterling’. Size: Height 4.8 cm. Width 8.2 cm. Lit.: Schmuck in Deutschland und Österreich 1895-1914. Sold
ALBERT HOLBEIN (1869-1934) (Attrib.) A Jugendstil, Fabulous Griffin Beast silver comb, having a plique-a-jour body and with its wings set with chrysoprase. A pearl clutched in its beak. (Crazing to the plique-a-jour and repair to horn comb) German. Circa 1900. Marks: ‘DGRM’ ‘900’ and Austrian silver import mark. Size: Width of silver comb 6.3 cm. Total height of comb 14.7 cm. Lit.: Art Nouveau Jewellery. Vivienne Becker. 1985. Schmuck in Deutschland und Österreich 1895-1914. Ulrike von Hase. (Fitted case)
THEODOR FAHRNER . MURRLE BENNETT & Co. A set four Jugendstil silver enamelled buttons. Anglo/German. Marked ‘TF, MB & Co., DEPOSE, REG, 925, SILVER.’ London import hallmark for 1903. (Fitted case) Sold
LIBERTY & Co. A silver, two piece buckle, enamelled with blue and green enamels. English. Marked ‘L. & Co.’ Hallmarks for 1911. Size: Height 4.2 cm. Width 8.1 cm. Lit.: Liberty Style. Academy Editions. Illus. B50. Sold
EVALD NIELSEN (1879-1958) A large silver buckle of leaves and blossoms set malachite and labradorite. Denmark. Circa 1910. Size: Height: 6 cm. Width 10.6 cm. (Fitted case) Marked ‘Evald Nielsen 830 ’. Lit.: Danish Jewellery. Jacob Thage. Sold
BERTHA L. GOFF A silver belt with a three panel buckle depicting winged cherubs. The links depicting cherubs engaged in various pursuits. Provenance: The artist’s great niece. English. Circa 1902. Unmarked. Size of buckle 10 cm. 3.1 cm. Length of belt 70.2 cm. Lit.: The National Art Exhibition catalogue 1902 and The Studio 1906. Sold
JOHN BAKER BENNETT & Co. A LIBERTY & Co. design. A two piece silver buckle set turquoise. English. Maker’s mark. Hallmarks for B’ham 1906. Size: Height 4.9 cm. Width 8 cm. Liberty catalogue 1903, no. 83. Sold
JOHN EDWARD WILSON (1854-1934) A large, two piece, silver buckle set with blue/green foil backed enamel. Each panel with a ‘W’ monogram to reverse. Provenance: Family descent. English. Circa 1910. Size: Height 5.8 cm. Width 10.8 cm. (Fitted case) Sold
KATE HARRIS (fl. 1898-1920) for WILLIAM HUTTON & SONS. A silver three piece ‘The Child’ belt buckle. (Fitted case) English. Hallmarks for London 1903. Numbered 2086. Size: Ht. 5 cm. W. 10.5 cm. Lit.: A Marriage of Art and Commerce. Stephen Pudney. Silver Society Journal. Sold
KATE HARRIS (fl. 1898-1920) for WILLIAM HUTTON & SONS A set of Arts & Crafts silver buttons, depicting the head of the ‘Puritan Maid’. (Original fitted case) English. Maker’s mark and hallmarks for London 1899. Size: Diameter 2.4cm. Lit.: A Marriage of Art and Commerce. Stephen Pudney. Silver Society Journal. Sold
KATE HARRIS (fl. 1898-1920) for WILLIAM HUTTON & SONS An Arts & Crafts silver belt. The buckle & panels depicting the profile of a child. Some additional circular links added previously to increase length of belt. English. Maker’s marks and hallmarks for B’ham 1903 to buckle and all panels. Size: Width of buckle 4.5 cm. height. 4.2 cm. Length of belt 65 cm.
MAX JOSEPH GRADL (1873-1934) for THEODOR FAHRNER A set of six silver buttons set with turquoise stones. Anglo/German. 1902. Marked to the reverse ‘T F’ and marks for Murrle Bennett & Co. Hallmarks for 1902. (Fitted case) Lit.: Theodor Fahrner Jewelry. Pub. Schiffer. Similar jewellery page 94. Sold
OLIVER BAKER (1856-1939) for LIBERTY & Co. A silver buckle set turquoise. Marked ‘L & Co.’ Hallmarks for B’ham 1900. Size: Height 5.5 cm. Width 7.3 cm. Lit.: Liberty Style. Academy Editions. Sold
KATE HARRIS (fl. 1898-1920) for WILLIAM HUTTON & SONS. A silver three piece ‘Puritan Maid’ belt buckle. English. Maker’s mark and hallmarks for London 1899. Size: Height 6 cm. Width 11.5 cm. (Buckle case) Lit.: Simplicity or Splendor. Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum, object 120. Sold