Jewellery

A small collection of 20th century jewels, comprising an iridescent glass and white metal brooch, by Pat Cheney, a pair of silver and polychrome enamelled cufflinks, maker’s marks ‘CT’ and a pair of 1970s cufflinks, brooch length approximately 22mm. £80-£100---Pat Cheney trained in Fine Art at Falmouth College of Art, launching Pat Cheney Jewellery in 1976. She explains that “line and balance of form has always been an important element in my designs, many of which show the stylised influence of the Art-Nouveau and Art Deco periods”.In 1990 she relinquished Pat Cheney Jewelley Ltd to Ortak Jewelley, Kirkwall, then in 1992 set up as ‘Chenevive’, continuing to specialise in silver with vitreous enamel and John Ditchfield’s art glass. She now trades from her studio workshop at Port Appin Pier in Argyll, Scotland, specialising in unique silver and enamel designs, hand wrought gold with diamonds and one-off silk art pictures.Cheney has won numerous awards, including The Scottish Goldsmiths Design Award in 1984. She has undertaken commissions and design work for Liberty & Co, The V&A, The Design Council, Tiffany’s New York, David Andersen (Oslo, Norway) and Glasgow Museums and Kelvingrove Art Gallery.------For more information, additional images and to bid on this lot please go to the auctioneers website, www.dnw.co.uk
Condition Report: General light surface wear throughout. The 1970s cufflinks are heavily tarnished - ‘silvered’ rather than solid silver - may have some gilt detail which is now worn. Pat Cheney brooch width 37mm.