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Silver & Enamel Pendant on Silver Chain by Norman Grant

981D
Rare Find
Written by Olly Gerrish

Norman Grant was born in Forres, Moray in 1943 and studied at Gray’s School of Art in the 1960s.
In the late 1960s Grant began to design jewellery. His preferred medium was translucent enamel which he combined with sterling silver. The comparatively low cost of materials enabled him to be experimental in his work while keeping the cost to the customer reasonably low. Knowing that to be successful he had to sell, Grant showed examples of his work to local jewellers and was surprised when all the pieces sold in one morning. Right away Grant found himself working full time to complete orders and within a year the popularity of his work was assured. With its psychedelic colours and Pop Art patterns, his jewellery reflected the fashion and style of the period.
Having initially studied graphic design before switching to silversmithing, Grant often maintained that he was influenced by the natural forms of the coastal landscape he had grown up with. Inevitably these influences found their way into his early jewellery designs; microscopic plant cell structures, petals, stamens, seed heads, trees, driftwood, shells, seaweed, anemone-like forms and later fish, wave and cloud motifs can all be seen in his work.
This pendant is a good example of his work. His designs were made up in the workshop by one of his silversmiths but it is known that Stickleback Motif Pendant was made by Grant himself. Grant’s original design brochures feature this pendant as design number PG17. The piece is finished in vitreous glass (kiln-fired) enamel in translucent shades of plum, yellow, orange and green set within the silver cells which form the abstract outline of a stickleback fish and give the pendant a kaleidoscopic effect.

The Details
Ollys Pick

Aberdeen Art Gallery has a small collection of his pieces

Essentials

Item Number:
981D
Materials:
Measurements:
Pendant diameter 5.2 cm
Chain 60 cm
Provenance:
Scottish
Discovered:
7 years ago

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Good, chip to enamel

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