This splendid antique pin is of a type increasingly hard to find, as you know if you collect Liberty Cymric jewelry. Both the Cymric (heavy silver) and Tudric (pewter) lines commissioned from leading Victorian and Edwardian designers for London's legendary Liberty department store are equally legendary. I believe this impressive and robust dragon brooch to be an early 20th century example. It's clearly in the style of Archibald Knox and his Liberty Cymric designs, but signed C.D. in a diamond s... Click for details
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