Studio: international art (36.1906)

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SILVER CHALLENGE DESIGNED BY H. J. MARYON
SHIELD EXECUTED AT THE KESWICK

SCHOOL OF INDUSTRIAL ARTS

of Greystoke, in the name of the subscribers, pre-
sented Mr. Lowther and his wife with a silver rose
bowl for centre-piece, of beautiful workmanship, de-
signed by Mr. Robert Hilton and carried out under
his direction by the Keswick School of Industrial
Arts. The rose-bowl was chosen because the rose is
so identified with the heraldic bearings of the ancient
See and City and County of Carlisle. It is 12 ins.
in diameter, 5 ins. deep, 12 ins. high, and is
upborne by three olive-tree stems, whose branches
and foliage encircle the bowl. The olives were
chosen as emblematical of the fruits of peace,
which is the work of wise government, and of that
peace which it is in the power of an impartial
Speaker to bestow upon the assembly over which
he is called to preside. These olive - trees rise
from a base, in the centre of which are seen the
arms and motto of the Lowther family. Round
the bowl runs the inscription in raised letters :—
“James William Lowther, Speaker, June, 1905
and Mary Frances, his wife.” The stops between
the words are composed of the rose, the shamrock,
and the thistle. Round the base the linked initials
of the various donors are worked in to form a border.
The silver lid of the rose-bowl is pierced work,
forming festoons of ribbon, jewelled with green
mother-of-pearl; the knob 01 the lid contains a
quaint pearl blister.

BATH.—The Bath Society of Artists
recently held their Second Annual Exhi-
bition in the Victoria Memorial Gallery.
Neither Mr. E. Abbey, R.A., the presi-

dent, nor Mr. Alfred Parsons, A.R.A., a vice-presi-
dent, were represented this year, but Mr. North,
A.R.A., another vice-president, sent a character-
istic canvas, Morning, which was seen this year
at Burlington House. The exhibits numbered
nearly 300.

In the section devoted to oils, C. M. Hodges,
A. R.C. A., the energetic hon. secretary of the society,
was particularly successful in his genre canvases, and
also contributed an important portrait group of
two children in Stuart costume—a well-painted,
strong, and virile work. Edwin Svan sent a pleas-
ing presentment of Mrs. Delaval Astley, which was
last seen at the Royal Academy’s Exhibition in-
1903—a successful portrait and a delightful picture.
T. B. Kennington had on view two small canvases.
Reminiscence and Jetveis—the first inspired by the
school of Watteau, the second a study of a mother
and child playing with a string of blue beads.

Fai? Rosamund, by Herbert Sidney, A.R.C.A.,
is a decorative treatment of the subject, delicate
in handling, but rather cold in its colour scheme
of white and gold. The Gentle Angler is an
engaging study of one of those fairy-like children.
Miss E. Scannel delights to paint. The Rev.
Prebendary Pigot is a well-modelled portrait by
F. C. Mulock, good in tone and colour. Memories,
a Balaclava survivor, is the best work Leonard

BOWL PRESENTED DESIGNED BY R. HILTON

TO THE RT. HON. EXECUTED AT THE KESWICK

JAMES W. LOWTHER. SCHOOL OF INDUSTRIAL ARTS

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