Summer 2017

2017 Antiques & Fine Art 91 Fig. 12 : Brooch, Frank Gardner Hale (1876–1945), Boston, 1910–1920. Gold, tourmaline. Museum purchase. Fig. 11 : Bracelet, Trifari, Krussman, and Fishel Inc., manufacturers (1924–1988), New York City and Providence, R. I., 1937–1942. Glass, rhodium-plated white metal. Gift of Nancy Curtis. Boston jeweler Frank Gardner Hale brought techniques he learned from English Arts and Crafts jewelers back to his hometown. His leadership in the Society of Arts and Crafts Boston profoundly influenced American jewelers. A brooch that unites sinuous gold vines with a green tourmaline from Maine (Fig. 12) is typical of Hale’s style. These are some of the more than one hundred thirty jewels included in Mementos: Jewelry of Life and Love . Shown with complementary textiles, portra its, and photographs, these objects illuminate a facet of New England’s past. The exhibition opens on May 17, 2017 at Historic New England’s Eustis Estate Museum in Milton, Massachusetts, and will remain on view through January 7, 2018.  Laura E. Johnson is associate curator at Historic New England, with main offices in Boston, Milton, and Haverhill, Massachusetts.