An Arts and Crafts gem-set bracelet attributed to Dorrie Nossiter. The centre cluster is set with...

An Arts and Crafts gem-set bracelet attributed to Dorrie Nossiter. The centre cluster is set with an oval-shaped amethyst, further clusters of amethysts, blue zircons and blue stones and foliate carved emeralds. Further oval-shaped amethysts alternately set with pairs of cultured pearls, set in silver with gold clasp. 18cm long. Scratched inventory number 5011. Fitted Van Den Bosch case.

Dorrie Nossiter was one of the most talented of the later wave of Arts and Crafts jewellers. She was born in Aston near Birmingham in 1893. She attended the Central School of Art in that city, 1910 - 1915. She died in 1977 after a long and highly successful career as a stylish and very fashionable designer.