DOI issue:
No. 82 (January, 1900)
DOI article:British decorative art in 1899, and the Arts And Crafts Exhibition, [4]
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19783#0290
Arts and Crafts
of the EmperorConstantine
and finder of the True
Cross, is associated by
tradition. The crowns
occupy also an important
position over the middle,
and over the top of either
gate. The lictor's fasces
suggest the official charac-
ter of the building; the
anchors (not shown in
the drawing) are emblems
of the port on the river
Colne; while the remain-
ing objects that admit of
identification, viz., the
rose and the olive, do not
require to be explained.
The elaborate and
beautiful mirror-frame, de-
signed by Mr. Joseph
Southall, is worked through-
out after the ancient
methods described by
Cennini. The frame itself
with its mouldings and
ornament of the smaller ease are the artist's own ' % V_.'is.''" ' * vV * I
design. Two enamelled glasses exhibited at the New
Gallery are decorated respectively with fish on a
scale pattern ground, and with cyclamen. The \i ZZ't^gjjSS£S^~:: ' •■ ■__■<*♦>»"»■»■
flowers are white with pale blue-green leaves ; while ;:i , -| s <"> *. . -i .J^::
the fish are more richly coloured in blues, greens, ,\ 5 fPSPw^ '' 'T^*~ >
white, and touches of gold. The whole of the out- |ti ■■ ■; ; ' " ■■ ] j '• J, ."~f;-
line in both instances is carried out in chocolate • ' \ > • -» %.*>- ■
brown. v \ ' ■■• *■ 'y r». "1';
The gates designed for the principal entrance of i ''. v -, ' ' '"n? "» I
Colchester Town Hall by Mr. Belcher, the archi- • r tl^Sr * ' 1
tect of the building, were executed by Messrs. *\~~\ ;.9$W:MjtM&5s*fc *
Starkie Gardner in wrought-iron. Gun-metal, . 1 ' .' % v J / 's'.' v '
however, is used for the cherubs in the horizontal ^k^I^K^^^SR4phB*~ i
band which contains the inscription recording the ■• i . ' ■ "•• ~~ ... t ,t ) , .
gift of the gates to the Borough by Mrs. Pearson and ^i^ ^'^^^1 1 '
her late husband, of Brickendonbury, Herts. The • ;■' . ^ ' / .,' ' ., ? '. . ' V-•
general style is a free treatment of Renaissance fea- " " , -
tures. It should be mentioned that of the heraldic
devices introduced the one represents the raven
as it appears on tne seal of the Portreeve of Col- ;' " ;rir<;
Chester. The charge, facing to sinister, that is away
from the field, is altogether exceptional in English
heraldry. The cross ragule, and crowns are the greek lace designed by j. e. southall
arms of the Borough, with which St. Helena, mother executed by mrs. southall
262
of the EmperorConstantine
and finder of the True
Cross, is associated by
tradition. The crowns
occupy also an important
position over the middle,
and over the top of either
gate. The lictor's fasces
suggest the official charac-
ter of the building; the
anchors (not shown in
the drawing) are emblems
of the port on the river
Colne; while the remain-
ing objects that admit of
identification, viz., the
rose and the olive, do not
require to be explained.
The elaborate and
beautiful mirror-frame, de-
signed by Mr. Joseph
Southall, is worked through-
out after the ancient
methods described by
Cennini. The frame itself
with its mouldings and
ornament of the smaller ease are the artist's own ' % V_.'is.''" ' * vV * I
design. Two enamelled glasses exhibited at the New
Gallery are decorated respectively with fish on a
scale pattern ground, and with cyclamen. The \i ZZ't^gjjSS£S^~:: ' •■ ■__■<*♦>»"»■»■
flowers are white with pale blue-green leaves ; while ;:i , -| s <"> *. . -i .J^::
the fish are more richly coloured in blues, greens, ,\ 5 fPSPw^ '' 'T^*~ >
white, and touches of gold. The whole of the out- |ti ■■ ■; ; ' " ■■ ] j '• J, ."~f;-
line in both instances is carried out in chocolate • ' \ > • -» %.*>- ■
brown. v \ ' ■■• *■ 'y r». "1';
The gates designed for the principal entrance of i ''. v -, ' ' '"n? "» I
Colchester Town Hall by Mr. Belcher, the archi- • r tl^Sr * ' 1
tect of the building, were executed by Messrs. *\~~\ ;.9$W:MjtM&5s*fc *
Starkie Gardner in wrought-iron. Gun-metal, . 1 ' .' % v J / 's'.' v '
however, is used for the cherubs in the horizontal ^k^I^K^^^SR4phB*~ i
band which contains the inscription recording the ■• i . ' ■ "•• ~~ ... t ,t ) , .
gift of the gates to the Borough by Mrs. Pearson and ^i^ ^'^^^1 1 '
her late husband, of Brickendonbury, Herts. The • ;■' . ^ ' / .,' ' ., ? '. . ' V-•
general style is a free treatment of Renaissance fea- " " , -
tures. It should be mentioned that of the heraldic
devices introduced the one represents the raven
as it appears on tne seal of the Portreeve of Col- ;' " ;rir<;
Chester. The charge, facing to sinister, that is away
from the field, is altogether exceptional in English
heraldry. The cross ragule, and crowns are the greek lace designed by j. e. southall
arms of the Borough, with which St. Helena, mother executed by mrs. southall
262