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He specialised in painted enamels after being inspired by lectures from the Sèvres craftsman Louis Dalpeyrat in the 1880s. Fisher went on to study in Paris, and on his return to London displayed his work through the Arts & Crafts Exhibition Society. \r\n\r\nIn one of his frequent contributions to <i>The Studio</i> in 1903, Fisher commented that ‘All the bewildering surfaces, all the depths and loveliness that lie darkly in the waters of sea caves … the jewelled brilliance of sunshine on snow … indeed, the very embodiments in colour of the intensity of beauty – these are at hand for expression in enamel.’","physicalDescription":"Morse, the 'Tree of Life' in a gold frame backed with silver and set with emeralds enclosing a transluscent enamel of The Crucifixion.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Fisher, Alexander","id":"A8387"},"association":{"text":"designer","id":"AAT25190"},"note":""},{"name":{"text":"Fisher, Alexander","id":"A8387"},"association":{"text":"maker","id":"AAT251917"},"note":""},{"name":{"text":"Davis, J.","id":"A9587"},"association":{"text":"maker","id":"x40240"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"gold","id":"AAT11021"},{"text":"silver","id":"AAT11029"},{"text":"emerald","id":"AAT11074"},{"text":"enamel","id":"AAT14910"}],"techniques":[{"text":"enamelled","id":"x30139"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Gold with silver and set with emeralds enclosing a transluscent enamel","categories":[{"text":"Jewellery","id":"THES48930"},{"text":"Metalwork","id":"THES48920"},{"text":"Christianity","id":"THES48978"},{"text":"Religion","id":"THES48900"}],"styles":[{"text":"Arts and Crafts","id":"AAT21205"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"MET","id":"THES48599"},"images":["2007BR2668","2007BR2669","2006BC4931"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"91 (VA)","id":"THES49703"},"free":"","case":"27","shelf":"D","box":"1"}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Morse","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"London","id":"x28980"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"ca. 1906","earliest":"1901-01-01","latest":"1910-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"8.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"8.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Shown in London 1907, in Ghent 1913, and in Paris (Louvre) in 1914.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Morse, the 'Tree of Life' in a gold frame backed with silver and set with emeralds enclosing a transluscent enamel of The Crucifixion, designed by Alexander Fisher, made by Fisher and J Davis, London, about 1906.","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[{"text":"Jesus Christ","id":"N1515"}],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[{"text":"The Crucifixion","id":"V106"}],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"cross","id":"AAT10044"},{"text":"trees","id":"AAT132410"},{"text":"morses","id":"AAT209306"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["M.39-1968"],"accessionNumberNum":"39","accessionNumberPrefix":"M","accessionYear":1968,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2019LN2509","2019LN5118","2019LP5352","2019LP4777","2019LP4619","2019LT5863","2019LU9762","2019LU5941","2019LT8239"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-09","recordCreationDate":"2006-07-27","availableToBook":false}}