Dorrie Nossiter Explained

Dorrie Nossiter
Birth Date:29 June 1893
Birth Place:Aston, United Kingdom
Death Date: 1977
Nationality:English
Education:Municipal School of Art
Occupation:Jewellery designer
Spouse:Ernest Guy Robinson

Dorrie Nossiter (29 June 1893 – 1977) was an English jeweller and jewellery designer from Aston, near Birmingham.

Nossiter crafted precious jewellery of her own designs in the English Arts and Crafts Tradition in both sterling silver and gold. Her work is known for her use of colour and floral and curvature lines using gemstones in motifs. She was predominantly active during the 1930s.[1]

Nossiter was educated at the Municipal School of Art in Birmingham from 1910 to 1914. Nossiter married Ernest Guy Robinson in 1922. By 1935 she was living in London where her work was shown in the "Art by Four Women" exhibition at Walker's Gallery, London. Nossiter would go on to exhibit there from 1935 to 1939.

Nossiter's work is often confused with that of another female jeweller and jewellery designer of the same period, Sibyl Dunlop.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Karlin, Elyse Zorn. Jewelry and metalwork in the arts and crafts tradition. March 1993. Schiffer Pub.. 54. 9780887404535 . en.
  2. Web site: Examples of misattribution . David . Bryson . dorrienossiter.co.uk . 9 September 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140201113445/http://www.dorrienossiter.co.uk/designs/misattribution/examples-fo-misattribution.html . 1 February 2014 . dead .