DOI Heft:
No. 239 (February 1913)
DOI Artikel:The Arts and Crafts Society's exhibition at the Grosvenor Gallery, [2]
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21160#0044
The Arts and Crafts Society's Exhibition
level used by the King in laying the foundation The exhibition of pottery, arranged principally
stone of the National Library of Wales, and lent in cases in the corridor, was encouraging in the
for exhibition by his Majesty. The trowel is of appreciation it showed for simplj form and
silver, with a handle of ivory and silver set with harmonious colour, and the absence of the ill-
gems and the handle of the wooden mallet is chosen and ugly ornamentation that disfigured
similar in design and material. Trowels and much of the ware of the Victorian period. In the
mallets do not afford much scope for originality, corridor cases were numerous vases and bowls of
but the level gave Mr. Spencer an opportunity for real beauty, many of which were not too costly to
departing from conventional forms. Mr. Spencer's be beyond the reach of the buyer whose purse is
level has a base of dark, rich-coloured wood, and only moderately well filled. Of much interest were
the enamelled weight suspended by a golden the bowls and dishes and mugs painted by Mr.
chain hangs in the centre of a little edifice of ivory Alfred H. Powell and Mrs. Powell, of Stroud,
pillars. It is most attractive in appearance and Gloucestershire, and executed and exhibited by
its workmanship creditable to the craftsmen, F. Messrs. J. Wedgwood and Sons. Among the
Jobe and W. Glennie, by whom it was produced. illustrations accompanying this article will be seen a
A scent bottle of greenish glass, mounted in silver, group of these pieces ; characteristically English in
gold and gems ; a coffee set in copper and silver ; their quaint decoration, they have a delightfully old-
and a fine silver bowl made
for a swimming trophy, were
among the other interesting
examples of work on a small
scale shown by Mr. Spencer.
His contributions also in-
cluded a pair of fire dogs in
wrought iron that occupied
a fitting place in the exhi-
bition on the hearth of Mr.
Jack's majestic chimney-
piece for Dunsany Castle ;
a sconce of forged steel,
and an ingeniously devised
coal scuttle of brass made to
lift in and out of a steel cage.
Mr Walter Stoye's octa-
gonal teapot with an ivory
handle was the finest piece
in his tea-service of wrought
silver ; and other excellent
specimens of work of a
similar or kindred nature
were Mr. Harold Stabler's
small silver cream jug and
sugar basin, Mr. J. Paul
Cooper's silver mustard pot
and spoon, and Mr. Harold
Alderton's pot-pourri jar in
pierced copper and enamel.
Very few spoons were to be
found in the cases at the
Grosvenor Gallery, and no
exhibitor appears to have
thought it worth his while
to experiment with new pat- trowel and mallet used by h. m. the king in laying the foundation-stone
. of the national library of wales. designed by edward spencer ; exe-
terns in silver forks. cuted by f. jobe and w. glennie, and exhibited by the artificers' guild
level used by the King in laying the foundation The exhibition of pottery, arranged principally
stone of the National Library of Wales, and lent in cases in the corridor, was encouraging in the
for exhibition by his Majesty. The trowel is of appreciation it showed for simplj form and
silver, with a handle of ivory and silver set with harmonious colour, and the absence of the ill-
gems and the handle of the wooden mallet is chosen and ugly ornamentation that disfigured
similar in design and material. Trowels and much of the ware of the Victorian period. In the
mallets do not afford much scope for originality, corridor cases were numerous vases and bowls of
but the level gave Mr. Spencer an opportunity for real beauty, many of which were not too costly to
departing from conventional forms. Mr. Spencer's be beyond the reach of the buyer whose purse is
level has a base of dark, rich-coloured wood, and only moderately well filled. Of much interest were
the enamelled weight suspended by a golden the bowls and dishes and mugs painted by Mr.
chain hangs in the centre of a little edifice of ivory Alfred H. Powell and Mrs. Powell, of Stroud,
pillars. It is most attractive in appearance and Gloucestershire, and executed and exhibited by
its workmanship creditable to the craftsmen, F. Messrs. J. Wedgwood and Sons. Among the
Jobe and W. Glennie, by whom it was produced. illustrations accompanying this article will be seen a
A scent bottle of greenish glass, mounted in silver, group of these pieces ; characteristically English in
gold and gems ; a coffee set in copper and silver ; their quaint decoration, they have a delightfully old-
and a fine silver bowl made
for a swimming trophy, were
among the other interesting
examples of work on a small
scale shown by Mr. Spencer.
His contributions also in-
cluded a pair of fire dogs in
wrought iron that occupied
a fitting place in the exhi-
bition on the hearth of Mr.
Jack's majestic chimney-
piece for Dunsany Castle ;
a sconce of forged steel,
and an ingeniously devised
coal scuttle of brass made to
lift in and out of a steel cage.
Mr Walter Stoye's octa-
gonal teapot with an ivory
handle was the finest piece
in his tea-service of wrought
silver ; and other excellent
specimens of work of a
similar or kindred nature
were Mr. Harold Stabler's
small silver cream jug and
sugar basin, Mr. J. Paul
Cooper's silver mustard pot
and spoon, and Mr. Harold
Alderton's pot-pourri jar in
pierced copper and enamel.
Very few spoons were to be
found in the cases at the
Grosvenor Gallery, and no
exhibitor appears to have
thought it worth his while
to experiment with new pat- trowel and mallet used by h. m. the king in laying the foundation-stone
. of the national library of wales. designed by edward spencer ; exe-
terns in silver forks. cuted by f. jobe and w. glennie, and exhibited by the artificers' guild