DOI Heft:
Nr. 214 (January 1911)
DOI Artikel:Reviews and notices
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20971#0361
Reviews and Notices
“ DEIRDRE AT THE HEIGHT OF
willows”: cartoon for
STAINED GLASS. BY ELIZABETH
BALL
(Municipal School of Art,
Belfast)
she earned first with her parents, and later with
her father’s second wife—who succeeded her own
idolised mother—and her young step-brothers and
sisters. No attempt is made by the editor to define
the place of Rosa Bonheur in art, or to criticise
the paintings of which black-and-white reproduc-
tions are given, but this omission is atoned for by
the absorbing personal interest of the Reminis-
cences, especially of those relating to the closing
scenes of the struggle with Germany, for the artist
remained in her country home near Paris all
through the siege, and attributed to her own bold
attitude the freedom from molestation which she
really owed to the chivalry of the enemy she so
bitterly detested.
Pewter and the Amateur Collector. By Edwards
J. Gale. (London: Philip Lee Warner, 1910.)
7J. 6d. net. The scheme of Mr. Gale’s work is the
modest one of assisting amateur collectors; but as a
matter of fact the information and advice given are
so sound and practical that the volume may be
assured of a welcome even with the experienced
connoisseur. Over and over again the writer
insists on the importance, not merely of reading
about pewter and visiting collections in museums,
but of acquiring personal familiarity with the
care of handling and studying it intimately. As
an American, he has had exceptional facilities for
studying the pewter ware of his own country. The
industry was introduced by early immigrants into
the Transatlantic colonies, and in the chapter
dealing with this branch Mr. Gale devotes a more
thorough and systematic treatment than it has
ever received before, and such that should prove a
valuable contribution to the literature of the
subject. In Europe pewter-making received its
death-blow through the introduction of crockery
ware for table-purposes; but in America the
industry, adapting itself to native requirements,
obtained a longer lease of life through its develop-
ment into fresh channels. For example : oil lamps
of pewter ware may be regarded as pre-eminently
DESIGN FOR PANEL EASED ON CELTIC STYLE, CHRISTIAN
PERIOD. BY FRANCES H. DUNCAN
(Municipal School of Art, Belfast)
340
“ DEIRDRE AT THE HEIGHT OF
willows”: cartoon for
STAINED GLASS. BY ELIZABETH
BALL
(Municipal School of Art,
Belfast)
she earned first with her parents, and later with
her father’s second wife—who succeeded her own
idolised mother—and her young step-brothers and
sisters. No attempt is made by the editor to define
the place of Rosa Bonheur in art, or to criticise
the paintings of which black-and-white reproduc-
tions are given, but this omission is atoned for by
the absorbing personal interest of the Reminis-
cences, especially of those relating to the closing
scenes of the struggle with Germany, for the artist
remained in her country home near Paris all
through the siege, and attributed to her own bold
attitude the freedom from molestation which she
really owed to the chivalry of the enemy she so
bitterly detested.
Pewter and the Amateur Collector. By Edwards
J. Gale. (London: Philip Lee Warner, 1910.)
7J. 6d. net. The scheme of Mr. Gale’s work is the
modest one of assisting amateur collectors; but as a
matter of fact the information and advice given are
so sound and practical that the volume may be
assured of a welcome even with the experienced
connoisseur. Over and over again the writer
insists on the importance, not merely of reading
about pewter and visiting collections in museums,
but of acquiring personal familiarity with the
care of handling and studying it intimately. As
an American, he has had exceptional facilities for
studying the pewter ware of his own country. The
industry was introduced by early immigrants into
the Transatlantic colonies, and in the chapter
dealing with this branch Mr. Gale devotes a more
thorough and systematic treatment than it has
ever received before, and such that should prove a
valuable contribution to the literature of the
subject. In Europe pewter-making received its
death-blow through the introduction of crockery
ware for table-purposes; but in America the
industry, adapting itself to native requirements,
obtained a longer lease of life through its develop-
ment into fresh channels. For example : oil lamps
of pewter ware may be regarded as pre-eminently
DESIGN FOR PANEL EASED ON CELTIC STYLE, CHRISTIAN
PERIOD. BY FRANCES H. DUNCAN
(Municipal School of Art, Belfast)
340