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Abalone shell

Description

Green abalone shell mounted in silver on a silver stand, decorated with moonstones and enamel plaquettes, pendant drops and beads: Scottish, Edinburgh, by Phoebe Traquair and Henry Tatton, 1918 - 1919

Museum reference

A.1989.189

Object name

Abalone shell

Production information

Traquair, Phoebe Anna, 1852 - 1936
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, Northern Europe
Tatton, Henry, 1868 - 1953, Silversmith
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

1918 - 1919

Materials

Abalone shell, Silver, Moonstone, Enamel

Physical description

Green abalone shell mounted in silver on a silver stand, decorated with moonstones and enamel plaquettes, pendant drops and beads

Associations

Designer of stand: Traquair, Ramsay, 1874 - 1952

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