DOI issue:
Nr. 46 (January 1897)
DOI article:The Arts and Crafts Exhibition, 1896 (final article)
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.17298#0284
The Arts and Crafts
steel casket with enamels and gold settings
designed and executed by alexander fisher
proper place and really
ornament it, even as the
framework, whatever it be,
supports the actual enamel,
and by contrast heightens
its splendour.
The name of Leon V.
Solon in any catalogue
always awakens one's inte-
rest. As the winner of the
first prize in the first
Studio competition it is
but natural that the promise
he exhibited therein has
caused his future to be
followed with special inte-
rest by all who were inti-
mately connected with the
system of competitions then
inaugurated. At present
his time is devoted almost
entirely to experiments in
the decoration of pottery.
fall into disuse. Nothing is more hopeful in the The four panels here illustrated have been executed
whole course of the present decorative revival than by him at Messrs. Minton's famous establishment,
the progress in colour. At one time, not so long They are the chosen pieces out of many failures, for
ago, it almost seemed as if the comparative safety in these Mr. Solon has attempted to decorate pottery,
of secondary and tertiary shades would banish pure not by mere applied pigment, but in glazes which
tones ; but now experiments are all in the direction are absolutely part of the finished product. Were
of fine harmonies, some subtle and delicate, others it advisable to go more deeply into the technical
as rich and superb as the palette of the enameller aspect of the production, it would not be uninterest-
allows. Mr. Fisher is a
notable champion of the
whole system of metallic
treatment which employs
enamel as its final achieve-
ment. In his works, as
in Mr. Nelson Dawson's,
you do not encounter mere
panels of fine colour—
made for no particular
purpose, and existing only
as pictures wrought in
enamel in place of pig-
ment. He first plans a struc-
ture suitable for enrich-
ment, and uses the vivid
substance itself with gene-
rous hand so far as quality
of colour is concerned, but
with cautious limits to its
quantity. So his decora- box in mahogany with enamels and gilt fret-work
tions never overweigh the design and enamels by Alexander fisher
structure, but take their woodwork and fretwork by Leonard aust
268
steel casket with enamels and gold settings
designed and executed by alexander fisher
proper place and really
ornament it, even as the
framework, whatever it be,
supports the actual enamel,
and by contrast heightens
its splendour.
The name of Leon V.
Solon in any catalogue
always awakens one's inte-
rest. As the winner of the
first prize in the first
Studio competition it is
but natural that the promise
he exhibited therein has
caused his future to be
followed with special inte-
rest by all who were inti-
mately connected with the
system of competitions then
inaugurated. At present
his time is devoted almost
entirely to experiments in
the decoration of pottery.
fall into disuse. Nothing is more hopeful in the The four panels here illustrated have been executed
whole course of the present decorative revival than by him at Messrs. Minton's famous establishment,
the progress in colour. At one time, not so long They are the chosen pieces out of many failures, for
ago, it almost seemed as if the comparative safety in these Mr. Solon has attempted to decorate pottery,
of secondary and tertiary shades would banish pure not by mere applied pigment, but in glazes which
tones ; but now experiments are all in the direction are absolutely part of the finished product. Were
of fine harmonies, some subtle and delicate, others it advisable to go more deeply into the technical
as rich and superb as the palette of the enameller aspect of the production, it would not be uninterest-
allows. Mr. Fisher is a
notable champion of the
whole system of metallic
treatment which employs
enamel as its final achieve-
ment. In his works, as
in Mr. Nelson Dawson's,
you do not encounter mere
panels of fine colour—
made for no particular
purpose, and existing only
as pictures wrought in
enamel in place of pig-
ment. He first plans a struc-
ture suitable for enrich-
ment, and uses the vivid
substance itself with gene-
rous hand so far as quality
of colour is concerned, but
with cautious limits to its
quantity. So his decora- box in mahogany with enamels and gilt fret-work
tions never overweigh the design and enamels by Alexander fisher
structure, but take their woodwork and fretwork by Leonard aust
268