Studio: international art (30.1904)

The IVork of S. Pepys Cocker ell

brick frieze : "a hunt, at lythe hill, haslemere by s. pepys cockerell

which is on a house in London, we
find these faults avoided; the design
is simple and flowing and the execution
fine. The portion to be grasped is
the smooth, powerful tail of a single
figure—a mermaid. The tail of a fish
we know is the part most capable of
giving a blow, and the blow in this
case falls on the back of a crab, itself a
hard object. We have, in addition, the
consolation of feeling certain that this
particular portion of a mermaid's anatomy
would be the least vulnerable ! Handles
should be easy to hold, and easy to
pull : the one illustrated is for sliding
doors in a house in South Audley
Street. It is smooth and firm to clutch;
and representing, as it does, a wild animal,
what more natural than that it should
snarl at the other animal on the com-
panion door? This it does when the
doors are closed.

Another happy idea is a bracket for
a clock in wood. The design of the

medallion portrait of the earl of carlisle

hours—past, present, and future—chasing by s. pepys cockerell