DOI issue:
No. 157 (April, 1906)
DOI article:Studio-talk
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20714#0290
Studio- Talk
placed centrally between
them is a shield enamelled
with the badge of New
South Wales in colours,
surrounded by a wreath of
waratahs wrought in silver.
The ends of the casket
are adorned with shields
bearing, in raised letters,
the date and place of pre-
sentation, and the plain
polished surface of the back
is broken by a large laurel
wreath wrought and frosted.
The hinged lid has its
polished surface relieved
by slight repousse panels,
leading off to ornamental
corners, and serves as a
base for a group of Lord
Jersey's coat-of-arms bla-
zoned in enamel. To the
left and right of this are
placed modelled plaques
of the family crests of
casket in silver and enamel designed by cecil burns Chllds and VlllierS.
presented to h.r.h. prince of wales executed by students of The address presented
bombay school of art • ,, ___i . ,„„„
with the casket was em-
bellished with landscape
have come down to the present time. The possi- and figure vignettes, the work of Mr. Percy
bility of its use for a similar purpose influenced Spence, who has established a reputation not
the artist in designing, and induced the trustees to only here but in England in connection with
approve a casket of this type when the design for a this kind of work. As a groundwork or founda-
suitable and appropriate memorial for the occasion tion for the address, the material found in
was under consideration. mediaeval illuminated missals was re-adapted.
SYDNEY, N.S.W.—The cas-
ket of which we give an
illustration, was recently
presented along with an
address to the Earl of Jersey, the
Governor of the Colony, as a token
of respect from the people of New
South Wales. It was executed by
Messrs. Hardy Bros, of Sydney,
from the design of Mr. Mitchelhill.
It weighs about 150 ounces, and is
13 inches long, 6 inches wide, and
8i inches high. The curved sides
of the body are of polished silver,
the legs or supports being of ham-
mered silver oxidised. On the front
are two panels of mother-of-pearl caskej pRESENTED TO designed by hi. mitchelhill
mosaic in antique gold setting, and the earl of jersey executed by hardy bros.
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placed centrally between
them is a shield enamelled
with the badge of New
South Wales in colours,
surrounded by a wreath of
waratahs wrought in silver.
The ends of the casket
are adorned with shields
bearing, in raised letters,
the date and place of pre-
sentation, and the plain
polished surface of the back
is broken by a large laurel
wreath wrought and frosted.
The hinged lid has its
polished surface relieved
by slight repousse panels,
leading off to ornamental
corners, and serves as a
base for a group of Lord
Jersey's coat-of-arms bla-
zoned in enamel. To the
left and right of this are
placed modelled plaques
of the family crests of
casket in silver and enamel designed by cecil burns Chllds and VlllierS.
presented to h.r.h. prince of wales executed by students of The address presented
bombay school of art • ,, ___i . ,„„„
with the casket was em-
bellished with landscape
have come down to the present time. The possi- and figure vignettes, the work of Mr. Percy
bility of its use for a similar purpose influenced Spence, who has established a reputation not
the artist in designing, and induced the trustees to only here but in England in connection with
approve a casket of this type when the design for a this kind of work. As a groundwork or founda-
suitable and appropriate memorial for the occasion tion for the address, the material found in
was under consideration. mediaeval illuminated missals was re-adapted.
SYDNEY, N.S.W.—The cas-
ket of which we give an
illustration, was recently
presented along with an
address to the Earl of Jersey, the
Governor of the Colony, as a token
of respect from the people of New
South Wales. It was executed by
Messrs. Hardy Bros, of Sydney,
from the design of Mr. Mitchelhill.
It weighs about 150 ounces, and is
13 inches long, 6 inches wide, and
8i inches high. The curved sides
of the body are of polished silver,
the legs or supports being of ham-
mered silver oxidised. On the front
are two panels of mother-of-pearl caskej pRESENTED TO designed by hi. mitchelhill
mosaic in antique gold setting, and the earl of jersey executed by hardy bros.
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