MARY AGNES MASSIE (1883-?)
ARTS AND CRAFTS PLAQUE, CIRCA 1910
£756
Auction: 12 October 2022 at 11:00 BST
Description
enamel, framed, with applied leather panel verso faintly inscribed in white paint 1374/ MASSIE. MARY AGNES/ AGE 28/ DESIGNER, 2**/ 104
Dimensions
plaque 5cm x 7cm, frame 23.5 x 25cm
Footnote
Literature: Hoban S.The Birmingham Municipal School of Art and Opportunities for Women’s Paid Work in the Arts and Crafts Movement, University of Birmingham thesis, 2013, pp.123-4
Note: Born in 1883, Mary Agnes Massie was a designer for the Birmingham jewellers Marples and Beasley.