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Silver & Enamel Pendant on Silver Chain by Norman Grant

981D
Rare Find
Written by Olly Gerrish

Norman Grant was born in Forres, Moray in 1943 and studied at Gray’s School of Art in the 1960s.
In the late 1960s Grant began to design jewellery. His preferred medium was translucent which he combined with . The comparatively low cost of materials enabled him to be experimental in his work while keeping the cost to the customer reasonably low. Knowing that to be successful he had to sell, Grant showed examples of his work to local jewellers and was surprised when all the pieces sold in one morning. Right away Grant found himself working full time to complete orders and within a year the popularity of his work was assured. With its psychedelic colours and Pop Art patterns, his jewellery reflected the fashion and style of the period.
Having initially studied graphic design before switching to silversmithing, Grant often maintained that he was influenced by the forms of the coastal landscape he had grown up with. Inevitably these influences found their way into his early jewellery designs; microscopic plant cell structures, petals, stamens, seed heads, trees, driftwood, shells, seaweed, anemone-like forms and later fish, wave and cloud motifs can all be seen in his work.
This pendant is a good example of his work. His designs were made up in the workshop by one of his silversmiths but it is known that Stickleback Motif Pendant was made by Grant himself. Grant’s original design brochures feature this pendant as design number PG17. The piece is finished in vitreous glass (kiln-fired) enamel in translucent shades of plum, yellow, orange and green set within the silver cells which form the abstract outline of a stickleback fish and give the pendant a kaleidoscopic effect.

Ollys Pick

Aberdeen Art has a small collection of his pieces

Item Number
981D
Measurements
Pendant diameter 5.2 cm
Chain 60 cm
Item Materials
Date & Origin
Provenance
Scottish
Hallmarks
Pendant assayed in Edinburgh 1971
Chain tested to silver with a metal clasp
Maker's mark NG
Condition
Good, chip to enamel
Discovered
6 years ago
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