Jewellery, Watches and Objects of Vertu

An 18ct gold star ruby ring by Ingeborg Bratman, 1971, the stylised flower head of fluid design, with wavy petals and stamen, centred with a star ruby, the shank formed of wirework tendrils with applied beaded detail, bloomed finish to the gold setting, full London hallmark, maker’s mark ‘IRB’, London hallmark, ring size K (leading edge). £600-£800

Ingeborg Ruth Bratman (1935-2015)

Ingeborg Bratman was born in Vienna. Her family fled Nazi Germany and came to England in 1938. Her father set up a successful textile businesses, in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, called Jersey Craft. Ingeborg moved from textile design to train as a jeweller at Hornsey School of Art in 1965, where she studied under Gerda Flöckinger, She progressed to selling her jewellery through Cameo Corner, in Bloomsbury, London. Ingeborg continued to study jewellery at Sir John Cass College until 1971, when she set up independently. She progressed to selling her jewellery through Cameo Corner, in Bloomsbury, London and other retail outlets, and undertaking private commissions. She started to exhibit her jewels alongside British designers such as John Donald and Wendy Ramshaw.

Examples of Ingeborg Bratman’s work, particularly examples in unusual metals such as tantalum, are held in permanent collections at the V & A and the Science Museum, London.



Literature: Modern British Jewellery Designers 1960-1980, by Mary Ann Wingfield, ACC Art Books, pages 26-27