George Edward Hunt | |
|---|---|
| Born | 2 September 1892 Dudley, England |
| Died | 1960 (aged 67–68) |
| Resting place | St Peter's Church, Harborne |
| Known for | Jewellery design |
George Edward Hunt (2 September 1892 – 1960) was a notable British Birmingham-based Arts and Crafts jeweller.
He was born on 2 September 1892 in Dudley, near Birmingham. At the age of five he contracted diphtheria and became deaf.[1] The family left the Black Country and moved to Harborne, a suburb of Birmingham, where Hunt remained until his death in 1960.[2]
In 1908, at the age of sixteen, Hunt won free admission to the Margaret Street Art School in Birmingham, where he was taught by Bernard Cuzner.[3] He was awarded several prizes for both design and metalwork in national competitions.[2]
Hunt opened a shop at Five Ways, near Birmingham city centre. By the 1920s his clientele included aristocracy such as Eileen Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland, for whom he made a series of enamelled miniatures of her ancestors.[2]
He is buried at St Peter's Church, Harborne, alongside his parents.[1]
An exhibition of his work, The Silent World of an Arts and Crafts Jeweller was held by Bonhams in 2006, at their premises in London, Bath and Knowle, near Birmingham.[3]
References
- 1 2 Hoban, Sally (16 September 2006). "Jewel in the Crown; One of the Most Prolific Makers of Arts and Crafts Jewellery Lived and Work in Birmingham". The Birmingham Post.
- 1 2 3 Pyne, Anne (1990). "George Hunt Art Jeweller". The Antique Collector.
- 1 2 "Birmingham Group jeweller emerges from the shadows". Antiques trade gazette. 9 May 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2015.