DOI Heft:
No. 198 (September, 1908)
DOI Artikel:Whitley, William Thomas: The National Competition of Schools of Art, 1909
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20967#0325
a nice bowl, by Mr. George Goodall, of Salford;
a small vase, with heraldic lions, by Mr. Albert
E. Barlow, of the same school; and a lustre vase,
Schools of Art, igog
was nothing of outstanding excellence
or originality. The simple pattern of
interlaced lines in the cover shown by
Miss Rose Swain, of Islington (Camden),
looked well by the side of the more
ornate designs in the same group, and
the cover of “British Ballads,” by Miss
Maud B. S. Bird, of Birmingham
(Margaret Street), was attractive, despite
the somewhat affected treatment of the
lettering. The examiners praise in high
terms the design for a gesso panel of
“ Orpheus,” by Mr. Burman W.
Morral, of Exeter, to which a gold
medal has deservedly been awarded.
But the colour— yellow on a mahogany
ground—was far from pleasant. Less
striking in pattern but better in colour was another
work in gesso, a design for the decoration of a
mirror frame by Miss Gertrude De La Mare, of
DESIGN FOR CARVED WOOD FRIEZE FOR REREDOS
BY WILLIAM E. ROE (MANCHESTER)
by Mr. Alfred Hill, of Burslem. In the pottery
cases several wineglasses were shown, but in no
single instance was the result happy. There seems
to be no room for the further development of
design in the wineglass.
An admirable panel in pottery, square in shape,
with a medallion in the centre showing a vigorous
design in high relief of a man on a bare-backed
horse, was contributed by Mr. Reginald T. Cot-
terill, of Burslem. The tiles shown in this section
were poor in comparison with those of other years,
particularly with those of 1907, but there was
something attractive about the odd, archaic-looking
design in red by Miss Denise K. Tuckfield, of
Kingston-on-Thames. The glazed and lustred
panel, with classical figures in relief, by Miss
Mary E. Munday, of Burslem, the lustre plate in
grey, green and purple, by Miss Nellie Strain, of
Oldham, and the design for a holy-water stoop by
Mr. Albert Mountford, of Burslem, were all above
the average in quality.
About the bookbindings there is not much to
say. They were in most instances pleasing in
design and good enough in execution, but there
Regent Street Polytechnic. The wood carvings in-
cluded a frieze for a reredos by Mr. William E. Roe,
of Manchester, much better than anything else of its
DESIGN FOR LUSTRE POTTERY PLATE
BY NELLIE STRAIN (OLDHAM)
29I
a small vase, with heraldic lions, by Mr. Albert
E. Barlow, of the same school; and a lustre vase,
Schools of Art, igog
was nothing of outstanding excellence
or originality. The simple pattern of
interlaced lines in the cover shown by
Miss Rose Swain, of Islington (Camden),
looked well by the side of the more
ornate designs in the same group, and
the cover of “British Ballads,” by Miss
Maud B. S. Bird, of Birmingham
(Margaret Street), was attractive, despite
the somewhat affected treatment of the
lettering. The examiners praise in high
terms the design for a gesso panel of
“ Orpheus,” by Mr. Burman W.
Morral, of Exeter, to which a gold
medal has deservedly been awarded.
But the colour— yellow on a mahogany
ground—was far from pleasant. Less
striking in pattern but better in colour was another
work in gesso, a design for the decoration of a
mirror frame by Miss Gertrude De La Mare, of
DESIGN FOR CARVED WOOD FRIEZE FOR REREDOS
BY WILLIAM E. ROE (MANCHESTER)
by Mr. Alfred Hill, of Burslem. In the pottery
cases several wineglasses were shown, but in no
single instance was the result happy. There seems
to be no room for the further development of
design in the wineglass.
An admirable panel in pottery, square in shape,
with a medallion in the centre showing a vigorous
design in high relief of a man on a bare-backed
horse, was contributed by Mr. Reginald T. Cot-
terill, of Burslem. The tiles shown in this section
were poor in comparison with those of other years,
particularly with those of 1907, but there was
something attractive about the odd, archaic-looking
design in red by Miss Denise K. Tuckfield, of
Kingston-on-Thames. The glazed and lustred
panel, with classical figures in relief, by Miss
Mary E. Munday, of Burslem, the lustre plate in
grey, green and purple, by Miss Nellie Strain, of
Oldham, and the design for a holy-water stoop by
Mr. Albert Mountford, of Burslem, were all above
the average in quality.
About the bookbindings there is not much to
say. They were in most instances pleasing in
design and good enough in execution, but there
Regent Street Polytechnic. The wood carvings in-
cluded a frieze for a reredos by Mr. William E. Roe,
of Manchester, much better than anything else of its
DESIGN FOR LUSTRE POTTERY PLATE
BY NELLIE STRAIN (OLDHAM)
29I