Tortoiseshell & Gold Comb for Hair Ornament, English 1890s Online Sale
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Comb fitting for a hair ornament, such as a tiara or a coronet, in real tortoiseshell, set with a gold hinge fitting bearing a marigold mark of Child and Child; antique English Victorian period from the 1890s. The comb would be a fitting for an Arts & Crafts or Art Nouveau hair ornament, such as seen in the last image – an illustration of Child and Child ivy leaves and berries ornament from the book Artists Jewellery: Pre-Raphaelite to Arts and Crafts by Charlotte Gere and Geoffrey C. Munn, 1989.
Condition: minor surface wear
Size: Wide: 4.8 cm Length: 8.3 cm
Style note — Arts & Crafts was a major international movement in design. It started in Victorian Britain in the 1860s, and came as a reaction to the industrialisation and mass production. It was about simple and functional, high quality and skilfully produced homewares and furniture, using simple natural materials.
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