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Title
Opal pendant and chain
circa 1910
Artist
Rhoda Wager
Australia
10 Mar 1875 - 02 Dec 1953
Details
Other Title
Pendant and chain
Date
circa 1910
Materials used
handwrought silver set with an opal
Dimensions
chain : 42.7cm pendant :4.8 x 2.1 cm
Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
Credit
Purchased 1914?
Location
Not on display
Accession number
2250
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Rhoda Wager
Opal pendant and chain
Shown in 3 exhibitions
Exhibition history
Project 24 - Cicadas and Gumnuts: The Society of Arts and Crafts 1906-1935 (1978), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 01 Apr 1978–07 May 1978
An exhibition of art nouveau in Australia:
- Art Gallery of Ballarat, Ballarat 05 Feb 1981–04 Mar 1981
- National Gallery of Victoria [St Kilda Road], Melbourne 21 Mar 1981–20 Apr 1981
- Queensland Art Gallery, South Brisbane 19 May 1981–22 Jun 1981
- S.H. Ervin Gallery, The Rocks 17 Jul 1981–17 Aug 1981
Social riches: the Society of Arts & Crafts of New South Wales 1906-2006, Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Manly, 28 Jul 2006–03 Sep 2006
Referenced in 3 publications
Bibliography
Deborah Edwards and Alisa de Torres, Australian decorative arts, Sydney, 1991, 23 (colour illus.). cat.no. 101
Gillian McCracken, Social riches: the Society of Arts and Crafts of New South Wales 1906-2006, Manly, 2006, 41.
Jackie Menzies, Project 24: Cicadas and gumnuts - the Society of Arts and Crafts 1906-1935, Sydney, 1978. cat.no. 134; titled 'Pendant and chain'; Collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales