DOI issue:
No. 97 (April, 1901)
DOI article:Strange, Edward F.: Some recent work by Nelson and Edith Dawson
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19787#0200
Nelson and Edith Dawson
^^■■■^^ brilliancy of light when
required; and herein again
the larger surfaces attain-
able give scope to a work-
Tfc manlike and, at the same
, nflfltt^ time, imaginative treatment
°f the setting. On such
Ik principles, and for such
"!"i^H|j^L ■ . Wk purposes, most of Mr.
\ Dawson's enamels are
■ N \ ffl B\ made by—it must be said
\ 9 llflHi with a welcome recognition
^1^1 • ( ""^ 'jj ---Mrs. Dawson.
HB To turn- to a considtra-
^H^Hp} jK* BpV''-' B8w tion of some of the actual
results attained on these
\ H lines and by these methods,
yj^^H^ tne ^rst place must be given
^■^P^P^P^P^^. to caskets
which the Dawsons have
produced. All lovers of
handicraft who visited the
^^9J ps . Royal Academy exhibition
^^^HJP^PJPH p^p^^pj^^^
^^^^BBBBBBP^^^^ fine piece of work of this
kind then exhibited, with
COPPER ALTAR PLATE BY NELSON AND EDITH DAWSON . .
its simple and effective
ornament and lozenges of
mand both shape and colour to an extent quite enamel, and its wise reticence in the matter of
impossible with natural stones; and to arrange his unfretted metal Not less excellent was the
composition accordingly. The employment of casket, made in 1900 for presentation to the
bright foil beneath the enamel gives the requisite Speaker by the Corporation of Carlisle, which
CASKET IN SILVER AND ENAMEL
172
BY NELSON AND EDITH DAWSON
^^■■■^^ brilliancy of light when
required; and herein again
the larger surfaces attain-
able give scope to a work-
Tfc manlike and, at the same
, nflfltt^ time, imaginative treatment
°f the setting. On such
Ik principles, and for such
"!"i^H|j^L ■ . Wk purposes, most of Mr.
\ Dawson's enamels are
■ N \ ffl B\ made by—it must be said
\ 9 llflHi with a welcome recognition
^1^1 • ( ""^ 'jj ---Mrs. Dawson.
HB To turn- to a considtra-
^H^Hp} jK* BpV''-' B8w tion of some of the actual
results attained on these
\ H lines and by these methods,
yj^^H^ tne ^rst place must be given
^■^P^P^P^P^^. to caskets
which the Dawsons have
produced. All lovers of
handicraft who visited the
^^9J ps . Royal Academy exhibition
^^^HJP^PJPH p^p^^pj^^^
^^^^BBBBBBP^^^^ fine piece of work of this
kind then exhibited, with
COPPER ALTAR PLATE BY NELSON AND EDITH DAWSON . .
its simple and effective
ornament and lozenges of
mand both shape and colour to an extent quite enamel, and its wise reticence in the matter of
impossible with natural stones; and to arrange his unfretted metal Not less excellent was the
composition accordingly. The employment of casket, made in 1900 for presentation to the
bright foil beneath the enamel gives the requisite Speaker by the Corporation of Carlisle, which
CASKET IN SILVER AND ENAMEL
172
BY NELSON AND EDITH DAWSON