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Although known to astute jewelry buyers at the turn of the twentieth century, Frank Walter Lawrence (Fig. 1) is relatively unknown today, Perhaps this stems from the fact that he conducted his business in an upstairs salon, where he offered fine, handcrafted jewelry, silverware, and bronzes to a discriminating clientele including Mary Harrison (1858-1948), the wife of President Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901). (1) Lawrence was an important designer who displayed his jewelry in many arts and crafts exhibitions as well as at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition in Saint Louis. Although he made fine jewelry of precious stones he focused primarily on artistic pieces with ...