Lot 270
HENRY GEORGE MURPHY (1884-1939)
GROUP OF SIX ZODIAC PLAQUES, CIRCA 1920
Auction: Design Since 1860 Day Two | Thurs 15th October | Lots 246 to 524
Description
enamel on copper, depicting Aries; Cancer; Leo; Scorpio; Capricorn and Pisces, each later set in oak mounts and framed (6)
Dimensions
each approx. 7.8cm across (frame size 16cm x 16cm)
Footnote
Literature: Atterbury P., Benjamin J., Arts and Crafts to Art Deco. The Jewellery and Silver of H.G. Murphy, ACC 2005, p. 29, where three of these plaques are illustrated.
These plaques were not used by Murphy in any project and were found at the Falcon Studio after his death in 1939. They may date back to his apprenticeship with Henry Wilson (1864-1934) before the First World War.