Frank Gardner Hale Brooch
Metal: 18 kt yellow gold
Stone: Opal
Marked: F.G.Hale
Approximate Measurements: 2.5 inch long x 0.625 inch wide
Condition: Excellent

Frank Gardner Hale (1876-1945) was one of the most important goldsmiths of Arts & Crafts movement. F.G. Hale was a student of C. R. Ashbee’s in England, When he returned to America, he taught some of the movement’s key figures, like Edward Everett Oakes, who apprenticed in Hale’s Boston studio.