Charming and pretty antique silver and pearlised white guilloche enamel Arts and Crafts pendant by Charles Horner. Of circular form, the lower half is solid and is decorated with an attractive garland of cabbage roses and leaves. The upper half is open work, with three vertical bars with a central collar-set baroque pearl, which is reflected with two seed pearls dangling from silver chains en tremblant at the base of the disc. The pendant is suspended a small chain terminating in a bale which is probably not original- it was likely to have been another small, enamelled detail.

 

The piece is stamped on the reverse with his maker’s mark, the desirable Chester Assay Office stamp and the date letter for 1914. Diameter 2.4cms, total length from bale to pearl drops, 5.7cms. Weight 3.6g.

 

Charles Horner (1837–1896) was a renowned English jeweller and founder of the jewellery business Charles Horner of Halifax. The business was founded in the 1860s and was based at 23 Northgate, Halifax. It produced silver jewellery and ornaments, with its better-known jewellery lines including enamelled Art Nouveau pendants and necklaces, glass paste 'knot' brooches, silver hatpins and thimbles. Sadly, the company went into voluntary liquidation in 1984

 

Please note, photos form part of the description and are enlarged to show detail; scale can be assessed in photos 16. Pendant will be supplied in the jeweller’s box pictured.  International buyers are politely reminded that all customs/import taxes are not included in the sale. Thank you.