NURSES BUCKLES
l feel there are so many of one type of item you can collect, cast sugar tongs amaze me on the amount of different styles which were made,but enough is enough. Other periods in history l find interesting besides the Georgian Period were the Art Nouveau and Art Deco period.
The Art Nouveau grew from the Arts and craft movement founded in 1861 by William Morris, he rejected the mass-produced goods that cluttered mid-Victorian homes and called for the return of skilled artisan's.
The Art Nouveau period to me is one that shows freedom of design, the use of rounded contours,sinuous lines often involving plants, insects and the curvaceous bodies of women is such a breath of fresh air aftear the Victorian period who "modernised" a lot of silver items with thier chasing and "berried" items.
The Silver Buckles below show the imagination and skills of their designers.
PICTURES AND ITEMS TO FOLLOW