With pierced decoration, having a martele finish, with blue/green enamelled highlights, width 7.7cm, Birmingham 1908, gross weight 54.5 grams, together with a book on Art Nouveau buckles, GurtelschlieBen des Jugendstils, by Karl Kreuzer. See black and white illustration No 45 for a similar buckle, page 60.
Estimate: | £140 - £180 |
Hammer price: | £600 |
Provenance: The Purple Shop – The Anthony Gardner Collection.
See Bellmans website article for further information: https://www.bellmans.co.uk/story/the-purple-shop-the-anthony-gardner-collection
Condition Report
The left hand side, one or two surface marks are tiny chips to the enamel which do not reach down to the metal.
The right hand side; there is a chip to the enamel and a few scratches to the silver at the top of this point. The connecting bar is slightly distorted, the hallmark is clear. It would benefit from cleaning