Designers & Jewellery 1850 –1940: Jewellery & Metalwork from The Fitzwilliam Museum
Tue 31 July 2018 - Sun 11 November 2018
Fitzwilliam Museum
Showcasing little-known treasures from the Fitzwilliam Museum’s outstanding permanent collection, this exhibition celebrates exquisitely-designed and often hand-crafted jewellery and metalwork, dating from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Objects on display encompass a wide range of styles, including intricate historicist and Neo-Gothic designs from the mid-19th century, represented by jewellery by some of the of the finest jewellers of the time: Castellani, Giuliano, Robert Phillips and John Brogden, as well as a spectacular decanter by William Burges. The naturalistic Arts & Crafts movement is represented by C.R. Ashbee and the Guild of Handicraft, Henry Wilson and Phoebe Traquair, amongst others, while the structural modernity of silver from the 1920s and 1930s is represented by leaders of the field, Omar Ramsden and H. G. Murphy.
Highlights include unique jewellery designed by the artist Charles Ricketts for the couple Katharine Bradley and Edith Cooper, known collectively as the author, Michael Field, which holds a special place in the history of queer art in Britain.
A book of the same name, written by exhibition curator Helen Ritchie, and published by Philip Wilson, will be available from late July.
Cost: Free
Enquiries and booking
No need to book.
Timing
10:00am-5:00pm Tuesday-Saturday every week from Tuesday 31 July 2018 until Sunday 11 November 2018
12:00pm-5:00pm Sunday every week from Tuesday 31 July 2018 until Sunday 11 November 2018
12:00pm-5:00pm on Monday 27 August 2018
All times
Tue 31 July 2018 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 1 August 2018 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 2 August 2018 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 3 August 2018 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 4 August 2018 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 5 August 2018 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Tue 7 August 2018 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 8 August 2018 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 9 August 2018 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 10 August 2018 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 11 August 2018 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 12 August 2018 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Tue 14 August 2018 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 15 August 2018 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 16 August 2018 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 17 August 2018 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 18 August 2018 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 19 August 2018 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Tue 21 August 2018 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 22 August 2018 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 23 August 2018 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 24 August 2018 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 25 August 2018 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 26 August 2018 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Mon 27 August 2018 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Tue 28 August 2018 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 29 August 2018 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 30 August 2018 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 31 August 2018 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 1 September 2018 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 2 September 2018 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Tue 4 September 2018 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 5 September 2018 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 6 September 2018 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 7 September 2018 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 8 September 2018 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 9 September 2018 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Tue 11 September 2018 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 12 September 2018 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 13 September 2018 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 14 September 2018 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 15 September 2018 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 16 September 2018 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Tue 18 September 2018 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 19 September 2018 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 20 September 2018 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 21 September 2018 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 22 September 2018 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 23 September 2018 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Tue 25 September 2018 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 26 September 2018 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 27 September 2018 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 28 September 2018 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 29 September 2018 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 30 September 2018 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Tue 2 October 2018 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 3 October 2018 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 4 October 2018 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 5 October 2018 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 6 October 2018 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 7 October 2018 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Tue 9 October 2018 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 10 October 2018 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 11 October 2018 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 12 October 2018 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 13 October 2018 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 14 October 2018 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Tue 16 October 2018 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 17 October 2018 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 18 October 2018 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 19 October 2018 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 20 October 2018 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 21 October 2018 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Tue 23 October 2018 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 24 October 2018 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 25 October 2018 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 26 October 2018 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 27 October 2018 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 28 October 2018 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Tue 30 October 2018 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 31 October 2018 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 1 November 2018 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 2 November 2018 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 3 November 2018 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 4 November 2018 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |
Tue 6 November 2018 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Wed 7 November 2018 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Thu 8 November 2018 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Fri 9 November 2018 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sat 10 November 2018 | 10:00AM - 5:00PM |
Sun 11 November 2018 | 12:00PM - 5:00PM |