Thomas A. Payne & C. P. Trigg, trading as Hephaestus, rare 9 carat gold modernist brooch, Birmingham 1964 SOLD

Thomas A. Payne & C. P. Trigg, trading as Hephaestus, a rare 9 carat gold modernist brooch, Birmingham 1964, stamped T. A. P. for Thomas A. Payne and C. P. T. for C.P.Trigg, also inscribed ‘Haphaestus‘, with hand cut asymmetric decoration, 4 cm by 4 cm SOLD

Hephaestus was the Greek God of blacksmiths, artisans, craftsmen, sculptors, metals, metallurgy, volcanoes and fire. His symbols were hammer, anvil and tongs.

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Thomas A. Payne & C. P. Trigg, trading as Hephaestus, a rare 9 carat gold modernist brooch, Birmingham 1964, stamped T. A. P. for Thomas A. Payne and C. P. T. for C.P.Trigg, also inscribed ‘Haphaestus‘, with hand cut asymmetric decoration, 4 cm by 4 cm SOLD

Hephaestus was the Greek God of blacksmiths, artisans, craftsmen, sculptors, metals, metallurgy, volcanoes and fire. His symbols were hammer, anvil and tongs.