Category: Arts and Crafts

Pendants and brooches by Scottish jeweler James Cromar Watt. Arts and Crafts movement. Living from 1862 to 1940, he also engaged in secret government work during World War I.

Pendant. ca. 1905.
Pendant. ca. 1905. Gold, enamel and opal. Signed “JCW” on the back. Image © 2019 Jewelry Amazing. Fair use license. via http://www.jewelryamazing.com/vintage-jewelry/james-cromar-watt-1862-1940-arts-crafts-pendant-gold-enamel-opal-h-8-cm-3-15-in-w-3-cm-1-18-in-marks-signed-verso-jcw-monogr
Pendant. ca. 1900. Gold and foiled enamel set with a cabochon garnet and pearls.
Pendant. ca. 1900. Gold and foiled enamel set with a cabochon garnet and pearls. Image © Joseph Bonnar Jewellers. Fair use license. via http://www.josephbonnar.com/necklaceprorss736.html
Pendant. ca. 1900.
Pendant. ca. 1900. Gold, cabochon chrysoprase, foiled enameling and a blister pearl drop. Image © 2016 Nouveau Deco Arts. Fair use license. via http://www.nouveaudecoarts.com/Jewellery/Arts-Crafts-Pendant-From-James-Cromar-Watt.Html
Brooch. No date.
Brooch. No date. Cabochon central moonstoone and cabochon garnets with a wreath of vine leaves and grapes in foiled enamel. Image © Wartski, Ltd. London. Fair use license. via http://www.wartski.com/collection/a-jewelled-and-enamelled-brooch-by-james-cromar-watt-1862-1940/
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Peacocks to dress up any room in anyone’s house. Walter Crane peacocks, that is, not some more ordinary sort.

"Fig and Peacock" wallpaper. ca. 1895.
“Fig and Peacock” wallpaper. ca. 1895. Color woodblock print on paper. Designed by Crane and manufactured by Jeffrey & Company. Image © Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Fair use license. via https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O224678/fig-and-peacock-wallpaper-crane-walter-rws/
"The Peacock's Complaint."
“The Peacock’s Complaint,” illustration from Edmund Evans’ “Baby’s Own Aesop” which was published in London around 1920. Color lithograph. Private collection. Image courtesy the The Bridgeman Art Library. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Walter_Crane_-_The_Peacock%27s_Complaint.jpg
"Bluebeard and Gloriana" - Peacocks on the terrace at Rode Hall, Cheshire. 1871.
“Bluebeard and Gloriana” – Peacocks on the terrace at Rode Hall, Cheshire. 1871. Watercolor and bodycolor. Image ©2019 Artnet. Fair use license. via http://www.artnet.com/artists/walter-crane/bluebeard-and-gloriana-peacocks-on-the-terrace-at-SWDwXODzZ83wbIQcLvNQ3w2

Jugendstil this and that to lend any home an avant garde touch. From”Bayerischer Kunstgewerbe-Verein [Hrsg.]: Kunst und Handwerk: Zeitschrift für Kunstgewerbe und Kunsthandwerk seit 1851: 52″. A journal of Arts and Crafts, these are from their 1901 to 1902 issues.

Dish. Silver in an oriental design. 1899.
Silver in an oriental design. 1899. E. Riegel, Munich, silversmith. Plate 74. Page 51. Image © University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg. Fair use license. via https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/kuh1901_1902/0063/image
Petroleum lamp. ca. 1901.
Petroleum lamp. ca. 1901. Made by E. Riegel, Munich. Illustration 69. Page 48. Image © University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg. Fair use license. via https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/kuh1901_1902/0060/image
Electric lamp. ca. 1901.
Electric lamp. Illustration 142-144, page 88. ca. 1901. Bronze. Made in Munich. Image © University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg. Fair use license. via https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/kuh1901_1902/0100/image
Vases. 1901. Vases. 1901. Illustrations 205-208, page 127.
Vases. 1901. Illustrations 205-208, page 127. Walter Ortlieb, Berlin, maker. Image © University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg. Fair use license. via https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/kuh1901_1902/0144/image

Trade cards meant to help you live around your wallpaper, not the other way around. Trade cards from the early days of the last century by M. H. Birge and Sons, a major American wallpaper firm located in Buffalo, New York.

Library. Green wallpaper with a floral frieze. 1885.
Library. Green wallpaper with a floral frieze. 1885. Image © 2019 Bolling & Company. Trade card in the public domain due to age. via https://bollingco.com/collections/m-h-birge-sons
Dining room. 1906-1907.
Dining room. 1906-1907. Image © 2019 Bolling & Company. Trade card in the public domain due to age. via https://bollingco.com/collections/m-h-birge-sons
Parlor interior. From Birge's "Decorative Suggestions," published in 1914.
Parlor interior. From Birge’s “Decorative Suggestions,” published in 1914. Image © 2019 Bolling & Company. Trade card in the public domain due to age. via https://bollingco.com/collections/m-h-birge-sons
Interior with floral wallpaper. 1906.
Interior with floral wallpaper. 1906. Postcard. In the public domain. via https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/496733033881625622/?lp=true

Samples of wallpaper showing available colorways designed by C. F. A. Voysey for Essex and Company who were the manufacturers in 1893. A leading light of the Arts and Crafts Movement, Voysey also designed houses which no doubt used only his designs.

Pattern #1.
Pattern #1. Woodblock. Image © Historic Houses Trust, Sydney, Australia. Fair use license. via http://museum.collection.hht.net.au/search.do?view=detail&page=1&id=410&db=object
Pattern #1 in five colorways.
Pattern #1 in five colorways. Woodblock. Image © Historic Houses Trust, Sydney, Australia. Fair use license. via http://museum.collection.hht.net.au/search.do?view=detail&page=1&id=410&db=object.
Pattern #2.
Pattern #2. Woodblock. Image © Historic Houses Trust, Sydney, Australia. Fair use license. via http://museum.collection.hht.net.au/search.do?view=detail&page=1&id=410&db=object.
Pattern #2 in five colorways.
Pattern #2 in five colorways. Woodblock. Image © Historic Houses Trust, Sydney, Australia. Fair use license. via http://museum.collection.hht.net.au/search.do?view=detail&page=1&id=410&db=object.
Pattern #3.
Pattern #3. Woodblock. Image © Historic Houses Trust, Sydney, Australia. Fair use license. via http://museum.collection.hht.net.au/search.do?view=detail&page=1&id=410&db=object.

Blue vases and jars that will make any flower look better. Harriet Joor, potter (1875-1965). Glazed ceramic. Worked with Newcomb Pottery and part of the American Arts and Crafts movement.

Large vase with grape clusters. 1904.
Large vase with grape clusters. 1904. Made in New Orleans. Image © 2019 MutualArt Services, Inc. Fair use license. via https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Fine–large–and-early-vase-with-grape-c/4EE14262715777C7?login=1
Jar. 1905.
Jar. 1905. Image ©2018 Artnet Worldwide Corporation. Fair use license. via http://www.artnet.com/artists/harriet-joor/jar-xOFe2CKlNmIfhQCaq2cTlQ2
Baluster vase with clover leaves. 1905.
Baluster vase with clover leaves over a cobalt base. 1905. Image © Leland Little Auctions, Hillsborough, North Carolina. Fair use license. via https://www.lelandlittle.com/l/early-newcomb-college-baluster-vase/auction/205/lot/733/

Floral tiles from William De Morgan to make your entire home feel like you are living inside a greenhouse. Living from 1839 to 1917 De Morgan was a leading light of the Arts and Crafts movement and friend of William Morris.

"Curzon rose trellis." 1872-1881.
“Curzon rose trellis.” 1872-1881. Earthenware. Designed by De Morgan and manufactured by his company William De Morgan & Company. Image @ National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. Fair use license. via https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/work/16769/
"Small carnations and encircled foliage." 1872-1881.872 to 1881 william de morgan
“Small carnations and encircled foliage.” 1872-1881. Earthenware. Designed by De Morgan and manufactured by his company William De Morgan & Company. Image @ National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. Fair use license. via https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/work/16767/
"Persian tulips and foliage."1882-1885.
“Persian tulips and foliage.”1882-1885. Earthenware. Designed by De Morgan and manufactured by his company William De Morgan & Company. Image @ National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. Fair use license. via https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/work/16768/