PETER WYLIE DAVIDSON (1870-1963) 'SWALLOWS FLIGHT'

PETER WYLIE DAVIDSON (1870-1963) 'SWALLOWS FLIGHT' BROOCH, CIRCA 1902 gilt-metal, stamped P. W. D., within fitted case (11.5cm across) Footnote: Literature: Larner, G. and C. The Glasgow Style, Edinburgh 1979, plate 188 Note: The swallow's flight design is a distinctive Davidson element seen on his best pieces, as well as a classic 'Glasgow Style' motif. This brooch, depicting a swallow's flight through wirework clouds, is thought to be one of five brooches created by Davidson for the women in his family, of which one example is dated 1902.