ARCHIBALD KNOX FOR LIBERTY & CO.
A 'Cymric' Silver Belt Buckle, 1904-5.
The honesty plant design heightened with blue and green enamel.
Impressed 'L&Co' and 'CYMRIC' stamps, Birmingham hallmarks.
Size: 7.1cm long,
An example of this Knox design is illustrated in Dr. Stephen A Martin's book 'Archibald Knox', Artmedia Press, 2001, p.270.
Photograph and description courtesy of Bonhams.
Fenella is the name of a small sandy beach next to Peel Castle on the Isle of Man, and Fenella was a character in Sir Walter Scott’s 1823 novel “Peveril of the Peak”, set around Peel Castle.
A LIBERTY & CO CYMRIC SILVER AND ENAMEL BELT BUCKLE BY ARCHIBALD KNOX, circa 1904, in the style of an honesty plant with red, blue and green enamelling throughout. Makers' mark L&Co. Birmingham hallmarks with date letter. Length 7.3cm. Weight 28.6gms.
Photograph and description courtesy of Elstob & Elstob
This model is known as “Fenella”
Fenella is the name of a small sandy beach next to Peel Castle on the Isle of Man, and Fenella was a character in Sir Walter Scott’s 1823 novel “Peveril of the Peak”, set around Peel Castle.
