Description

A fine, antique 9ct gold stick pin featuring a circular enamel plaque mounted into an open-back 9ct gold collet setting with a rope edge mount. Signed WB Ford on the reverse and dated 1880 (slightly obscured).
William Bishop Ford (1832 – 1922) was a specialist painter of miniature enamels, he studied at Somerset House School of Design and exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1854 – 1895.
He was also a student of William Essex who was famous for his dog enamels.

MEASUREMENTS: 22 x 74mm
WEIGHT: 4.9 grams
HALLMARKS: None, tested as 9carat gold
CONDITION: Very Good
DATE: Victorian (1837-1901)

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