International studio (14.1901)

Home Arts and Industries

HAMMERED COFFER TRAY
DESIGNED BY MRS. WATERHOUSE
EXECUTED BY THE CLASS

(YATTENDON)

HAMMERED COPPER GOBLET
DESIGNED BY MRS. WATERHOUSE
EXECUTED BY E. WOODLEY

(YATTENDON)

HOT WATER JUG IN HAMMERED
COPPER

DESIGNED BY MRS. WATERHOUSE
EXECUTED BY ARTHUR BUNCE

(YATTENDON)

There was,
however, a
very creditable
show of table
silver and
other minor
metal - work

from the Keswick School, with which the name of
Harold Stabler is honourably linked; and genuine
promise was apparent in a little class at Thornham,
Norfolk. Exception must also be made for the
metal exhibits from Yattendon, which included,
beside repousse ewers and vases, the fittings to
some important pieces of furniture, and were quite
up to the standard expected of Mrs. Waterhouse’s
workers. An oak dresser from this group was
admirable in structure and proportion, and though
pleasantly simple in its general scheme, yielded a

variety of ac-
commodation
in its shelves
and cupboards.
Perhaps a more
restful and har-
monious whole
might have
been gained by
a restriction to
one metal, in-
stead of a con-
trast between
steel and cop-
per at such
close quarters
as the wrought
panels and
hinges of the
cupboards; but
the taste and
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HAMMERED BRASS SCONCE
DESIGNED BY

AMYAS WATERHOUSE
EXECUTED BY HARRY SMITH
(YATTENDON)

poetic little design in a panel representing the
Gaelic Blessing of the Pillow, or invocation
of sleep. The chief novelty from this class
was a pair of wrought iron gates, a little thin
and wispy in build, and uncertain as to the
latching, but displaying excellent feeling for design

HAMMERED COPPER TRAY

DESIGNED BY FLORENCE E. WATERHOUSE

EXECUTED BY JAMES NEWMAN

(YATTENDON)

and a nice sense of proportion and decorative
restraint. In the other metal-work centres the
previous standard was not very well maintained.
We missed the bright and virile touch, both in
design and craftsmanship, which made the work of
Newlyn so interesting last year. Even the active
little class at Five-mile-town has staled a little
in subject-matter, and in several other quarters the
treatment, of brass and copper especially, has de-
parted from the best lines and lost freshness and
simplicity in gaining high polish, laboured orna-
mentation, and fanciful surface colour. The great
decorative value of the natural patina of metal
seems to have been almost entirely ignored.