H. G. Murphy
Silver box

Henry George Murphy, aka H. G. Murphy (1884 in Birchington, Kent – 1939) was an English art-deco silversmith.

Career

Murphy was apprenticed to Henry Wilson in 1899. At age 14 he entered the Central School of Arts and Crafts in London.

In July 1912 he was employed by Emil Lettre in Berlin. He found the work unfulfilling and left after six weeks. The same year he opened his own workshop in London. During World War I he enlisted in the Royal Navy Air Service. In 1928 he started the Falcon Studio, comprising a workshop and retail outlet in Weymouth Street, London.[1]

He returned to the Central School and remained there, teaching goldsmithing and enamelling, and became the first head of silversmithing, and later principal of the school in 1936.[2][3]

Arms

Coat of arms of Henry George Murphy
Motto
Fortis Et Hospitalis [4]

References

  1. ↑ Hallmarks of English Silver Makers at silvercollection.it. Retrieved 20 May 2013
  2. ↑ H. G. Murphy at Styles Silver website. Retrieved 20 May 2013
  3. ↑ Atterbury, Paul and Benjamin, John The Jewellery & Silver of H. G. Murphy: Arts and Crafts to Art Deco, Antique Collectors' Club (2005). ISBN 978-1-85149-488-0. Retrieved 20 May 2013
  4. ↑ "Goldsmiths Hall, 45 Murphy HG". Baz Manning. 13 July 2009. Retrieved 18 December 2020.

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