Monday, November 24, 2008

ART NOVEAU BELT BUCKLE

  This is my favorite buckle, designed by Archibald Knox and sold by Liberty of London......i purchased it in Norwich, 20 years ago......and wear it with pajamas....
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Bach Cantatas by The Sarasa Ensemble

ARCHIBALD KNOX 1864-1933

ARCHIBALD KNOX 1864-1933

Silver Waist Clasp designed for Liberty & Co of Celtic-inspiration, with interwoven entrelacs

W 8.20 cm (3.23 in) |  L  4.30 cm (1.69 in)

Marks   Marked: ‘Cymric' 'L & Co'. Hallmarked: Birmingham 1901


(cf. The Designs of Archibald Knox for Liberty & Co, A.J. Tilbrook, 1976, page 182. Liberty Jewellery sketch book, model number 190. Archibald Knox, Stephen A. Martin, 2001, page 270 )   Waist Clasp designed for Liberty & Co of Celtic-inspiration, with interwoven entrelacs .   The One that I have is rarer, since it is done in Gold.......

W 8.20 cm (3.23 in) |  L  4.30 cm (1.69 in)