Studio: international art (47.1909)

The National Competition of Schools of Art, 1909

given to Mr. Silas Paul, of Leeds, for a
steel presentation trowel accompanied
by a leather case with metal fittings.
It is difficult to agree with the judges
concerning the beauties of Mr. Paul’s
trowel, the “excellent design, great taste
and masterly execution ” of which they
praise in the report. The compara-
tive freedom from eccentricity of the
National Art Competition works was
nowhere more marked than in the
jewellery, among which were few, if
any, pieces that could not be worn.
This is more than can be said for some
of the jewellery exhibited in London
during the past three or four years by
French artist-craftsmen, whose exquisite
skill has too often been devoted to the
production of ornaments fitter for the
showcases of museums than the head
or neck of a woman. Among the hair-

DESIGN FOR POTTERY PANEL

BY REGINALD T. COTTERILL (BURSLEM)

showed last year, or, in another section, with
the beautiful enamels contributed by Miss
Kathleen Fox and other students of the Dublin
School of Art. Among the works in metal
shown this year the elegance of the sugar-basin
in silver with a plain glass bowl, by Mr. Clarence
V. Frayn of Bradford, deserves high commen-
dation. The highest award made by the
examiners in this section is the gold medal

DESIGN FOR TILES

BY DENISE K. TUCKFIELD (KINGSTON-ON-THAMES)
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MODEL OF TURKEY FROM NATURE

BY ERNEST S. STAINTON (BIRMINGHAM, MARGARET ST.)

combs in the National Art Competition Exhibi-
tion one of silver, with enamel roses and foliage
round a centre opal, by Miss Carrie Copson,
and another of pierced silver with foliage in
green enamel, by Mr. Herbert Shirley, deserve