Although this peacock jewel is one of his more sumptuous creations, it would have been modest in price compared with the heavy diamond-set jewellery of its day. Ashbee admired the …

Sep 16, 2015 · Charles Ashbee modern era jewellery. In the modern era to the forefront in jewelry came not a master craftsman, making similar to each other “commercial jewels”, but a jeweler …

Charles Robert Ashbee was an English designer and craftsman known for his contributions to metalwork, textile design, furniture, and jewellery. He was a prominent figure in the Arts and …

Ashbee trained originally as an architect but he is also known also for his highly innovative furniture, metalwork, silver and jewellery designs. The peacock was one of Ashbee's favourite …

Charles Robert Ashbee (1863 – 1942) was a British furniture and furnishing jewellery designer. Ashbee was a prominent figure in the British Arts and Crafts Movement, and it spread …

Among the pioneers of artistic jewelry, Ashbee emphasized that the value of an ornament lay in its artistic quality rather than the material’s commercial worth. His designs featured nature …

They are archetypal of the best and most innovative of the Guild of Handicrafts work. Ashbee designed peacock jewels in varying styles and materials, two of them on display in the Victoria …

Unusually for a piece of Arts and Crafts jewellery, this necklace incorporates many cut stones into its design. Jewels dominated by cut stones were often considered by those in the Movement …

And so, at the turn of the 20th century, Charles Robert Ashbee and his Guild of Handicraft were at the vanguard of English handmade metalwork and jewellery. More so than any other British …

Ashbee's designs for silver and metal objects, his exquisite belt buckles, jewellery, cutlery and tableware also contributed to his renown and aroused the interest of German and Austrian …