Elegant Silver Necklace with Colored Enamel by Charles Horner, Halifax 1908

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Elegant Silver Necklace with Colored Enamel by Charles Horner, Halifax 1908

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The English goldsmiths of Charles Horner (1837-1896) and his sons were one of the great and particularly innovative manufacturers of fine pieces of jewellery in Great Britain in the decades before and after 1900. Based in the town of Halifax in the English county of West Yorkshire, the manufactory first became famous in the late 19th century for a particularly durable, patented thimble for manual work. However, the company became famous for its jewelry designs with colorful enamel in the Art Nouveau style. This necklace made of silver and polychrome enamel also dates from this period. It features typical Art Nouveau shapes and the unmistakable signature of the company. This necklace dates from 1908 to be precise. It is made of silver and opal-like iridescent enamel. A larger pendant is attached to a delicate chain, which unfolds in vaguely Celtic-inspired Art Nouveau forms. This piece of jewellery is typical of the tastes of the early 20th century in England. It is the dawn of modernity that can be seen here - and in a particularly British style. We discovered it in the south of England.

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The Arts and Craft Movement was an initially British, later also American movement in art and craft from the second half of the 19th century until around 1920. Founded by William Morris, John Ruskin and a group of painters, architects and other artists came together to find a new connection between art, society and work. Morris in particular placed great emphasis on his own work, the joy of manual labor and the natural beauty of the material. As a result, many of the designs by this group are characterized by a certain craftsmanship of form and a powerful, sometimes at first glance somewhat coarse-looking formal language, which in detail, however, then again inspires with its ingenuity and workmanship. In the age of machine production, the artists of Arts and Crafts wanted to achieve a return to craftsmanship and a reunification of art and craftsmanship with the aim of restoring the full creative value of arts and crafts. In this endeavor, their ideas coincided with those of the Art Nouveau artists on the continent and both art movements shared many common ideas of form.

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€ 980.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

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