Studio: international art (47.1909)

The National Competition of Schools of Art, i<pcxp

DESIGN FOR EMBOSSED LEATHER TOBACCO-BOX
BY ARTHUR E. THOMAS (BIRMINGHAM, MARGARET ST.)

and several attractive door handles in brass and
bronze by Mr. John S. Clegg, Mr. Frank H.
Morris, and Mr. Albert E. Woffinden of Birming-
ham (Margaret Street). Mr. Frank Outran! of
Birmingham (Margaret Street) showed some fire-
dogs in wrought iron with brass inlay. Other
good examples of metal work were the enamelled
christening cup by Miss Effie Luke, of Dublin,
the vase in copper and silver by Mr. Lelant Black,
of Islington (Camden), and a copper bowl of
distinction by Mr. Alfred M. Wright, of Birming-
ham (Vittoria Street).

One or two of the few examples of leather work
in the exhibition were unusually good. Perhaps
the best was the black tobacco-box, with inscrip-
tion, by Mr. Arthur E. Thomas, of Birmingham
(Margaret Street). The hand-mirror by Miss
Florence Gower, of Regent Street Polytechnic,
with its quaint Elizabethan decoration in gesso, and
the vellum covered caskets by Miss Rosa Gibb,
Miss Eleanor M. Woolmer, and Miss Eva Batley,
all students at the Ipswich school, should be
noticed among other minor pieces of design and
craftsmanship in this section. With them, for some
unexplained reason, was shown a capital little

particular notice. Both were the work of
Birmingham (Vittoria Street) students.
Another good piece of jewellery from
Birmingham (Margaret Street) was Miss
Alice M. Camwell’s necklet and pendant
of silver, green enamel and opal. The
colour was the least attractive feature of
Miss Camwell’s jewellery. From Leicester
came a nice necklet in silver by Miss
Annie M. Taylor, and a dainty pendant
in gold and pearls by Miss Ethel M.
Charnley. An effect at once original
and pleasant was obtained by Miss
Florence Milnes, of Bradford, by the
combination in her necklet of dull silver
with clear, transparent and almost
colourless stones.

The key, which the hands of the
craftsman of an earlier period trans-
formed into a thing of beauty, still fails
to attract the young metal worker of to-
day. There was not a single key in
the exhibition, but there were several
pieces of door furniture, including an
elaborate lock-plate in wrought iron by
Mr. Albert E. Utton of Camberwell,






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DESIGN FOR LEATHER BOOK-COVER

BY MAUD B. S. BIRD (BIRMINGHAM, MARGARET ST.)