A Sibyl Dunlop silver hallmarked arts and crafts brooch
For sale is this attractive Sibyl Dunlop hallmarked silver brooch. It is set with a central grey (blue) agate (that looks like a moonstone) with very good surrounding amethysts and green chrysoprase. This is a hallmarked piece, carrying Dunlop’s SD mark and dated for 1962. This is late in Dunlop’s life and this piece is almost certainly made by Bill Nathanson her lifetime assistant and jewellery maker and designer, who ran her shop from 1939.
Condition is excellent and original. The brooch could readily be worn as a pendant.
See additional information for a biography on Dunlop.
Price range: £995
Maker: Sibyl Dunlop / Nathanson
Designer: Sibyl Dunlop / Nathanson
Date : 1962
Marks: SD, London, “g”
Material: Sterling silver, coloured agates, amethyst
Condition: Excellent
Size: Diameter 3.5 cm
Weight : nm
Additional Information
Sibyl Dunlop(1889 – 20 December 1968) was a British jewellery designer, best known for the jewellery and silver objects in the late Arts and Crafts style that she produced in the 1920s and 1930s.
Dunlop was born in Hampstead, London to Scottish parents and finished her schooling in Brussels, where she became interested in jewellery design and underwent some basic training. She established a workshop and shop at 69 Kensington Church Street, London W8, and in the early 1920s was joined by W. Nathanson as her principal craftsman. Dunlop’s work is characterised by the use of semi-precious and precious gems, such as chalcedony, chrysoprase, moonstone, amethyst, agate, quartz and opals, often cabochon rather than facet-cut gemstones, set in silver in symmetrical patterns, often inspired by nature. One of her most famous designs is the ‘Carpet of Gems’ symmetrical setting. The gemstones were cut for Dunlop by lapidaries in Germany. Dunlop’s work is often confused with that of another female jewellery designer of the same period, Dorrie Nossiter. The business closed at the outbreak of World War II in 1939 and Dunlop never returned to work due to ill health. After the war Nathanson re-started the business and continued producing jewellery and silver under Dunlop’s name until he retired in 1971. [From Wikipedia]
Maker | Sibyl Dunlop |
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Material | Sterling silver |
Price range | <£1,000 |
Period | Arts and crafts |