Lot 360
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PETER WYLIE DAVIDSON (1870-1963)
'SWALLOWS FLIGHT' BROOCH, CIRCA 1902
Auction: Design Since 1860
£3,250
Description
gilt-metal, stamped P. W. D., within fitted case
Dimensions
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.