Posted 8 years ago
Gillian
(22 items)
First pin is 1" x 1", and has a hammered Fleur de Lis into each corner. Second pin is quite small, but very pretty, with a lavender coloured stone. The backs of the pins can't be seen, the pewter was folded over so any signatures could not be seen.
John Ruskin
Critical driver behind the Arts & Crafts Movement
Born into the close-knit family of a prosperous wine merchant in London, England, Ruskin attended Christ Church College at Oxford, graduating in 1843 with an MA. He became known as a brilliant critic of landscape painting and a champion of the works of the painter J.M.W. Turner and the Pre-Raphaelites. He later became chair of Fine Arts at Oxford University. Ruskin is viewed by many as a member of a group of men who began the Arts & Crafts movement in England during the latter half of the 19th century. This movement was the forerunner of the American Arts & Crafts movement.
Ruskin's contributions included his avowed dislike for classical works in buildings & art and his substitution of the Gothic with its asymmetry and roughness as the ideal for new art. Along with William Morris, he was critical of the new industrialization taking place in Europe and America. Ruskin's most radical idea was his total rejection of any machine produced products. He characterized all machine made objects as "dishonest." He believed, along with Morris, that handwork and craftsmanship brought dignity to labor. He further felt that the factory/industrial work of the age disrupted the natural rhythms of life by imposing artificial hours and conditions on workers. To this end he founded a utopian Arts & Crafts community in 1871.
Great post thanks.
Neat period pieces, and informations, thanks Gillian for posting them :-)
Thank you very much racer4, glad you stopped by.
Kyra so grateful for your interest, and appreciate all the loves.
The sea horse king is about 13 1/2 tall by 12 1/2 wide....
http://www.arts-and-crafts-style.com/Elbert-Hubbard.html
Gilian, coding myself...........
R. Is there
autographs old ones | Collectors Weekly
http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/196596-autographs-old-ones?in=liked-by-kyratango
Pewter jewerly is undervalued in my eyes, pieces from this time are so Beautiful, stylish, bold and modernist. I lovet them.
Elisabethan, aren't they lovely. To think they were made so many, many years ago. Pewter is such a soft metal. I imagine the large hands of a man carefully hammering these - or maybe an apprentice - who really knows. I am so glad they ended up here.
Yes, Gillian, we can recognize the Auntie style under any id :-)
I wonder how she got thousands dollars of high end watches to sell on Bay, though asking help for cheap costume ...
Check eb seller har_pro ;-)
Thanks Kyra - thought I was the only one who recognized her. I guess the moderators don't want to delete her account - I keep writing to them using the "Report this Post" - but they don't do anything.
Hey Ho, guess we're stuck with her.
Thanks so much for this great post, fascinating and informative.
har_pro doesn't bring up the right eBay site. Is there another?
It is the right one... Do you remember these?
http://www.ebay.fr/ulk/itm/112205348600
katherine I'm so sorry I missed your very kind post. I enjoy researching items, sometimes for long periods of time, which I must learn not to do!
Thank you so much.