Lot 357

FRANCES MACDONALD MACNAIR (SCOTTISH 1874-1921) (ATTRIBUTED DESIGNER)
BROOCH, CIRCA 1900

Auction: Design Since 1860 | 21 October 2021 From 10:00
£1,375
Description
white metal and enamel, marked verso R
Dimensions
3.4cm across
Footnote
Note: Frances Macdonald and her sister Margaret were skilled in metalware, jewellery and enamelling however few executed pieces of jewellery are known. A group of jewellery, attributed to McNair and engraved to the reverse with the letter R, as in the present lot, was sold at Christie’s, London, in 1992.
For similar examples of jewellery in this group with this marking see Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Accession Numbers 2021.7.6 and 2021.7.5
