Edith Morris Arts & Crafts Silver Cuff
An uncommon Edith Morris Arts & Crafts silver cuff, this substantial studio jewellery item sculpted and applied with florals flanked by applied pierced panels and curved and scrolling bars, of solid construction. Impressed arrow and silver marks, width 1.34 in., Dia.2.56 in., 73gm. Note: Edith Morris arrived in New Zealand from Kent, England in 1924. She took a metalwork course at Wellington Technical College, where under the head of the college's school of Art, Nelson Isaac, she was taught jewellery, enamelling, chasing, repousse and silversmithing. From 1936 Morris worked from her studio/home in the artistic hub of Days Bay Wellington through until the early 1960's.
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- Embossed / Repousse - Embossing, also known as repousse, is the technique of decorating metal with raised designs, by pressing or beating out the design from the reverse side of the object.It is the opposite of chasing, where the decoration is applied from the front. An embossed or repoussed object may have chasing applied to finish off the design.
- School of .... - In the opinion of the cataloguer, a work by a pupil or follower of the artist.
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