242 - Watherston & Son. An early 20th century gold Egyptian revival brooch, attributed to Watherston & Son, composed of a carved moonstone in the form of a sphinx head, flanked by cobras, to outstretched wings each with two colour engraved feathers and polychrome cloisonné enamel segments, unsigned, circa 1910, length 5.5cm

Watherston & Son. An early 20th century gold Egyptian revival brooch, attributed to Watherston & Son, composed of a carved moonstone in the form of a sphinx head, flanked by cobras, to outstretched wings each with two colour engraved feathers and polychrome cloisonné enamel segments, unsigned, circa 1910, length 5.5cm Cf. The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, accession number M.16-1983, for a very similar brooch. An example of the brooch is also illustrated in a catalogue produced by Watherston & Son in 1907, 'The Place of Jewellery in Art', page V, no. W 17 Watherston & Son was listed as a manufacturing goldsmith, jeweller and chain maker, situated at 12 Pall Mall East, London. They became well known for diamond and enamel pendants, Etruscan revival style pieces and pearl set necklaces. Watherston & Son exhibited at the Paris International Exposition of 1867 and were noted for the quality and variety of their gold chains.