The National Competition of Schools of Art, igij
The playing-card figures which Miss Wag-
staff used so ingeniously in her table-top
were adapted to the adornment of a painted
card-box by Miss Muriel Nott of Birming-
ham (Margaret Street) with the wise motto,
“ Play not for gain, but for sport.” Another
attractive painted box from the same
school was one of vellum, with a design of
wild roses and foliage, by Miss Edith E.
Gray; and in a third by Miss Mabel Briggs
of Leeds (Vernon Street) the decoration
was chiefly heraldic.
The jewellery was, as already re-
marked, not up to the high standard of
two or three years ago, but a gold medal
was given by the examiners (Mr. Nelson
Dawson, Mr. Alexander Fisher, and Mr.
MEDICINE CUPBOARD WITH GESSO ORNAMENT
BY MARY SHEPLEY (ACCRINGTON)
awarded a silver medal for her flower-stand in pierced
silver set with small opals, and one of the remaining
pieces of domestic silver worthy of notice was a
pepper-castor by Mr. Tom Stewart of Northwich.
LEATHER BOOK-COVER. BY ALEXANDER J. VAUGHAN
(CAMBERWELL)
G. B. Heming) for a gold and silver necklace set
with Queensland opals, and a gold and silver
enamelled clasp by Miss Mary A. Gilfillan of the
Camden School of Art, Islington. Other pieces
deserving of notice were a graceful pendant
of silver and pearls, with a bird and grapes, i by
Miss Alice Scott of Bradford; a silver brooch
enamelled and set with stones by Miss Alice
Camwell of Birmingham (Margaret Street); and a
silver niello bracelet by Miss Alice E. Phillips of
Frome School of Art. Miss Carrie Copson of
Birmingham (Vittoria Street) was deservedly
LEATHER BOOK-COVER. BY ALEXANDER J. VAUGHAN
(CAMBERWELL)
297
The playing-card figures which Miss Wag-
staff used so ingeniously in her table-top
were adapted to the adornment of a painted
card-box by Miss Muriel Nott of Birming-
ham (Margaret Street) with the wise motto,
“ Play not for gain, but for sport.” Another
attractive painted box from the same
school was one of vellum, with a design of
wild roses and foliage, by Miss Edith E.
Gray; and in a third by Miss Mabel Briggs
of Leeds (Vernon Street) the decoration
was chiefly heraldic.
The jewellery was, as already re-
marked, not up to the high standard of
two or three years ago, but a gold medal
was given by the examiners (Mr. Nelson
Dawson, Mr. Alexander Fisher, and Mr.
MEDICINE CUPBOARD WITH GESSO ORNAMENT
BY MARY SHEPLEY (ACCRINGTON)
awarded a silver medal for her flower-stand in pierced
silver set with small opals, and one of the remaining
pieces of domestic silver worthy of notice was a
pepper-castor by Mr. Tom Stewart of Northwich.
LEATHER BOOK-COVER. BY ALEXANDER J. VAUGHAN
(CAMBERWELL)
G. B. Heming) for a gold and silver necklace set
with Queensland opals, and a gold and silver
enamelled clasp by Miss Mary A. Gilfillan of the
Camden School of Art, Islington. Other pieces
deserving of notice were a graceful pendant
of silver and pearls, with a bird and grapes, i by
Miss Alice Scott of Bradford; a silver brooch
enamelled and set with stones by Miss Alice
Camwell of Birmingham (Margaret Street); and a
silver niello bracelet by Miss Alice E. Phillips of
Frome School of Art. Miss Carrie Copson of
Birmingham (Vittoria Street) was deservedly
LEATHER BOOK-COVER. BY ALEXANDER J. VAUGHAN
(CAMBERWELL)
297