Studio: international art (60.1914)

Some Examples of Modern English Jewellery

“ the two have,” he remarks,
“ proved such strong com-
petitors to the trade houses
for the custom of the public,
that the manufacturer has
been compelled, oftentimes
in spite of himself, to cater
for the new conditions of
demand, a demand that has
been brought about by giving
to the artisan and to the
general public alike, an edu-
cation in art and some in-
struction in the possibilities of design as applied to material.”
At the last exhibition of the Arts and Crafts Society in

BROOCH IN OXIDISED SILVER
DESIGNED ON THE PINK SET
CARBUNCLE. 'BY R. C. PRICE


SILVER NECKLACE AND PENDANT SET WITH PEARL BLISTERS AND
TURQUOISE. BY KATE M. EADIF

GOLD PENDANT SET WITH OPALS

BY R. C. PRICE

(Presented to Mrs. Pethick Lawrence bv
her mother and four sisters)

London, and again at the Inter-
national Exhibition held at Ghent
during the past summer and autumn,
the display of jewellery produced by
British artist craftsmen and crafts-
women revealed a high standard of
attainment. The collection at
Ghent in particular was especially
remarkable, and Mr. Rathbone is
justified in characterising some of
the exhibits as not unworthy to
rank with the best craftwork of any
age. The pity is, as he says, that
though such periodical exhibitions
are helpful in bringing these pro-
ductions to the notice of the public
they are altogether inadequate to
attract that sustained encouragement
which is so essential to the con-
tinued prosperity of the craft. The
pages of The Studio have, how-

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