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Silver belt buckle (© The Ashbee family)
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© The Ashbee family

Silver belt buckle

Artist: Charles Robert Ashbee (1863 - 1942)

Location: Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum

Date: 1897

Materials: silver, cabochon turquoise

Dimensions: 6 x 8 cm

Grant:

Amount Paid: £1,800 (Total: £3,999)

Vendor: Sotheby's

Review number: 4414 (1997)

Provenance:
Made for Janet Forbes who married Ashbee. Then by descent until 1984 when it was sold at Sotheby's

Description:
Rectangular buckle wrought with an openwork design of four long fish entwined amongst seaweed. Set with a cabochon turquoise in each corner.

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