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More than three decades after she bought the brooch, she learned that it was designed by renowned English architect and designer William Burges, probably sometime in the 1860s. It was recently ...
It turns out that Steel was in possession of a William Burges brooch, made of silver, lapis lazuli, malachite, and pink coral. “It caught my eye for its incredible design—its beautiful use of ...
she could scarcely believe her eyes when jewellery expert Geoffrey Munn showed off a series of watercolour sketches of jewellery designs by William Burges. The Victorian architect and designer ...
is based on an ancient Assyrian dagger given by Burges to the British MuseumThis decanter, formed from a pear-shaped bottle of glass encased in a silver mount, was designed by William Burges (1827 ...
A Victorian brooch bought for just $25 at an antiques market was identified on BBC’s Antiques Roadshow as a rare treasure by William Burges and sold for $15,000 at auction. A painting bought for ...
The models were brought to Cork by renowned English architect William Burges to help him compete in the prestigious 1862 international architectural competition to design and build a new cathedral ...