International studio (49.1913)

The Arts and Crafts Society's Exhibition

PAIR OF WROUGHT-IRON FIRE DOGS AND WROUGHT-IRON AND BRASS COAL SCUTTLE. DESIGNED BY EDWARD
SPENCER ; MADE BY WALTER SPENCER AND BERTRAM EDWARDS OF THE ARTIFICERS’ GUILD


fashioned air and bring back memories of a period
when taste was more instinctive in the potter than
it appears to have been in later generations. A
larger piece than any of those in the cases was
shown by itself in one of the galleries, a blue and
white jar with a lid, painted in a bold and striking
design by Mrs. Powell. It would be impossible
to mention in this article all the attractive pieces
by various potters that were
shown in the corridor, but
among them were num¬
bered a tall vase of a fine
greenish-blue colour de¬
signed by Mr. Pascoe H.
Tunnicliff for the Ashby
Potters’ Guild; two or
three specimens shown by
Mr. George James Cox;
and some of the bowls de¬
signed by Mr. W. H.
Cowlishaw and exhibited
by the Iceni Pottery Com¬
pany. Some remarkable
pieces of Lancastrian lustre
ware, designed by Mr.
Walter Crane, Mr. C. E.
Cundall and others, and
exhibited by the Pilkington
Tile and Pottery Company,

were also to be seen in the corridor; and two
other specimens occupied positions in the Large
Gallery, on either side of the fireplace. Both
these fine vases were designed by Mr. Gordon
M. Forsyth, a leading member of the Pilkington
staff of designers. Many good pieces were con-
tained in the case of pottery shown by Mr. W.
Howson Taylor, where a bowl of orange-red

SILVER BOW'L FOR A SWIMMING COMPETITION. DESIGNED BY EDWARD SPENCER :
EXECUTED BY E. MINNS


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