Jewellery, Objects of Vertu, Silver and Watches

A silver bangle by Graham Watling, 1972, the shaped cuff with overlapping textured panels to the front, with similarly textured beads to either side, maker’s mark, UK hallmark, inner dimensions 5.2 x 6.0cm. £400-£600

Purchased from Graham Watling’s gallery at Lacock, Wiltshire.

Graham Watling (1930-1996) studied silversmithing at Loughborough College of Art. In the mid 1950s he taught arts and crafts, and in his spare time followed his passion for silversmithing. From 1959 he registered his own hallmark and exhibited at major UK exhibitions and overseas at the World Fairs in Montreal (1969) and Tokyo (1970). By 1969 he was appointed Head of the Arts and Craft Department at the new comprehensive at Melksham, Wiltshire. He gave up teaching in 1972 and moved to workshops and showrooms at Lacock, a National Trust village near Chippenham, where his business flourished. After his death his son and daughter, both silversmiths, continue to run the business as Watling Goldsmiths of Lacock.

Gross weight 86.3gm.