While studying there he was apprenticed to Henry Wilson, an architect and metalworker who was a prominent member of the arts and crafts movement links of london bangles. Shortly after completing his studies, Murphy returned to the Central School where he remained for twenty-seven years teaching goldsmithing and enameling. He became principal of the school in 1936.

He traveled to Venice in 1910 and there met the German jeweler and silversmith Emil Lettré, with whom he studied in Berlin links of london sale. In 1928 Murphy opened his own workshop, Falcon Studio, in central London, where he produced jewelry as well as fine silver and gold objects commissioned by individuals and institutions. In 1929 he became a liveryman of the Goldsmiths’ Company.

Cigarette canister, made by Murphy, 1933. Marked “H G Murphy” and with the mark of the Falcon Studio Workshop links of london earrings. Silver and a sapphire, height 4 3/8 inches. Private collection. Murphy is the subject of a retrospective exhibition on view at Goldsmiths’ Hall in London from April 4 until April 30 links of london rings. It is entitled At the Sign of the Falcon-H G Murphy: Art Deco Silversmith and Jeweller. The curator is Paul Dyson, and John Benjamin and Paul Atterbury have written the accompanying book, Harry Murphy: Art Deco Jeweller and Silversmith, which is distributed in North America by the Antique Collectors’ Club.