Lot 87
Arthur Thomas Penniall: A pair of Etruscan revival pendent earrings, circa 1865 Y
Estimate: £600 - £800
Auction: 23 October 2024 From 14:00 BST
Description
Set with a line of white coral beads, within a tubular framework decorated with fine wirework detailing, suspending a trio of spherical accents, unsigned, UK registry marks, post fittings, length 5.4cm
Footnote
These earrings rather unusually bear UK Registry Marks allowing us to attribute them to the goldsmith and jeweller Arthur Thomas Penniall of 53 Frederick Street, Gray's Inn Road, London. Penniall's registry submission list this design as “ornamental design for an earring, or other articles of jewellery".
The Design Copyright Act of 1939 allowed designers to protect their designs for three years from being reproduced. Although previously used for textile patterns and sculptural elements, in 1842 jewellery was incorporated into this protection through the Ornamental Designs Act. The system was in place from 1842 to 1883 and the records are all now held by the National Archives in Kew, London.
