‡ Naum Slutzky, a rare Modernist silver ring

‡ Naum Slutzky, a rare Modernist silver ring, 1962, designed as a trio of partially articulated silver bars, to a silver band with panelled shoulders, size P, maker's mark for Naum Slutzky, case stamped Horton

Naum Slutzky (1894-1933) was born in Ukraine, the son of Gilel Slutzky, a goldsmith in the employ for Carl Fabergé. Naum Slutzky trained as a goldsmith under Josef Hoffman at the Wiener Werkstatte, before joining the Bauhaus. He fled to England in 1933 as a result of the Nazi rise to power, and eventually taking a series of posts as a lecturer in jewellery design in London and Birmingham, starting at the Central College of Art (now St Martin's), and participating in the seminal 1961 International Jewellery Exhibition at Goldmith's Hall. He initially planned to exhibit his early Bauhaus pieces, but instead exhibited recent designs, in a strikingly modernist style, which were subsequently purchased by the Goldmith's Hall.

Literature: David Horton, Naum Slutzky, Bauhaus Master Goldsmith, London, 2017, pg.11

Provenance: David Horton, previously in the collection of Naum Slutzky's wife Rita

An identical ring dated to 1965 can be found in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, collection no. CIRC.412-1966