Brooch

Details

Descriptive Terms

brooches
pins (jewelry)
gold (metal)
opal
tourmaline
freshwater pearl
diamond (mineral)
Arts and Crafts (movement)
Brooch

Label

Frank Gardner Hale's influence is clear in this brooch by Edward Everett Oakes, a member of the second generation of Boston Arts and Crafts jewelers.
Spring 2014 Historic New England Magazine: "New England produced some of the leading jewelers of the early twentieth century. Opals, diamonds, pearls, and amethysts embellish this brooch made by Edward Everett Oakes for Henry Wriston and his daughter Barbara. Following centuries-long tradition of apprenticeship, Oakes studied with the first generation of Arts and Crafts jewelers in Boston and continued their commitment to handcraft excellence well into the twentieth century."

Additional Identification Number

1380

Maker

Oakes, Edward Everett (Goldsmith)

Location of Origin

Wakefield, Massachusetts, United States, New England

Dimensions

1 5/8 x 1 5/8 x 1/4 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Barbara Wriston

Accession Number

2004.14.7

Exhibition Notes

"Jewelry at Historic New England," Online exhibit presented by Historic New England launched September 30, 2007 at www.historicnewengland.org/jewelryhistory/.

Reference Notes

Pictured in Sage, Adrienne, "Wealth, Style and Sentiment," Historic New England, Winter/Spring (2005): 7.

Places

Massachusetts (United States)
Wakefield (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)

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