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HENRY WILSON (1864-1934)

The Apollo Necklace (c. 1904 United Kingdom)

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Item Stock Code

7619

Item Medium Description

Gold, chalcedony & amethyst

Item Signed, Inscribed, Dated Details

'18' & 'HW' monogram

European Dimensions

40.00 cm wide   8.00 cm high

UK/USA Converted Dimensions

15.75 inches wide  3.15 inches high

Item Provenance & History

Family descent.
This necklace was a gift to Lady Llewellyn-Smith & was commissioned by Sir Hubert Llewellyn-Smith from Henry Wilson, predating another commission by Sir Hubert, an enamelled Tiara 1909 now in the collection of the Goldsmiths' Company.

Item Literature

Volume of Henry Wilson's Designs for Jewellery & Silverwork, Victoria & Albert Museum, department of prints & drawings E.669 (120)-1955
Jewellery History Today, The magazine of The Society of Jewellery Historians, Issue 13 -Winter 2012, 'A personal commission by Henry Wilson' illustrated p.15

Current Item Condition

Original Fitted Case

WILSON
Type Artist/Maker
Country of origin England
Born 1864
Died 1934

Henry Wilson, a leading figure in the British Arts & Crafts movement, was described by C.R. Ashbee as the ‘arch individualist’.
Wilson was a trained architect. He taught metalwork at the Central School of Arts & Crafts from 1896 & the Royal College of Art from 1901. His definitive textbook ‘Silver work & Jewellery’ was published in 1903.
The following was written of him ‘Henry Wilson’s originality stemmed from his ability to combine the strictest disciplines of his craft with a multitudinous variety of influences, resulting in some of the most daringly individual jewels of the period’
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Tadema Gallery
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Jewellery: Art Nouveau, Jugendstil, British Arts & Crafts, Art Deco and artist-designed jewels, 1960

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