Studio: international art (62.1914)

The National Competition of Schools of Art, IQ14

SILVER CROSS SET WITH STONES

BY SOPHIE J. HOWE i L (FROM E I

average. The most praiseworthy, perhaps, were
some tiles of pale green with a design of heraldic
lions, shown by Mr. Harry Hoyle, of Accrington.

Miss Alice M. Camwell of Birmingham (Mar
garet Street) showed an enamelled necklet of
extraordinarily minute finish that was conspicuous

STAINED-WOOD MIRROR FRAME.
BY LOUISE BENJAMIN (POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE,
MARYI.EBONE)

among the jewellery on account of the singular
colour—almost greenish-yellow—of the gold of
which it was chiefly composed. Some interesting
examples of jewellery came from the Islington
London County Council (Camden) School of Art.
Among them was a necklace by Miss Dorothy
Ballantine composed of minute leaves of gold
fastened to the links of a silver chain, and a clasp
in which the same gold leaves and small gold
flowers were supported by rich coloured enamels
and stones. Miss Josephine de Rohan of the
same school gained the praise of the examiners for

REPOUSSE SILVER HOT-WATER JUG. BY WALTER J.
WES1 (MARGARET ST. school OF ART, BIRMINGHAM)

an enamelled umbrella handle of silver, which,
however, seemed somewhat heavy for the purpose
for which it was designed. Other good jeweller)
from Islington was contributed by Miss Carrie
Francis and Miss Mary A. Gilfillan. A well
designed buckle in silver set with octagonal plaques
of green and blue enamel, by Mr. Charles A. Rich,
of Derby School of Art ; a dainty silver cross, by
Miss Sophie J. Howell, of Frome ; and a very
simple but attractive pendant of copper with a
single blister pearl, by Mr. John T. Winson of
Derby, also deserved notice in this section.

The silversmiths' work and small articles in
metal generally were not as good as they were in

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