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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 2131080, member: 2844&quot;]Houseful, you genius, I think you nailed it!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> (Doing a happy dance)</p><p><br /></p><p>Hendrik Methorst is one of the big designer names of the period. Not strictly a silversmith, which could be why I couldn&#039;t find him.</p><p>I found another Methorst brooch with a clearer mark which is indeed like mine. Also from Botterweg Auctions, the go-to auctioneer for Amsterdamse School:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.botterweg.com/Portals/0/auction/Oktober 2017/highres/39-4415-5_4.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="https://www.botterweg.com/Methorst_Hendrik/tabid/59/lotid/31406/Kavel-31406.aspx?language=nl-NL" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.botterweg.com/Methorst_Hendrik/tabid/59/lotid/31406/Kavel-31406.aspx?language=nl-NL" rel="nofollow">https://www.botterweg.com/Methorst_Hendrik/tabid/59/lotid/31406/Kavel-31406.aspx?language=nl-NL</a></p><p><br /></p><p>That is a classic Amsterdamse School setting, very Arts &amp; Crafts with a &#039;simple&#039; cutting out of the prongs from the main metal. Not all AS settings are like this, I also have pieces with bezel-set stones, but many are. It adds to the artisan look I like about AS jewellery.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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