DOI issue:
No. 257 (September 1914)
DOI article:The National Competition of Schools of Art, 1914
DOI Page / Citation link: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21210#0306
The National Competition of Schools of Art, igi4
EUSTACET
CHARLTON
book-plates printed from wood blocks by william liley (sunderland)
some earlier years, but interesting pieces
were to be found here and there among
the exhibits : as, for example, a silver
hot water jug with a design of grapes in
repousse, by Mr. Walter J. West of
Birmingham (Margaret Street) : a silver
fruit dish supported on pillars and set
with amethysts, by Mr. Tom Stewart of
Northwich School of Art; and a copper
jar with cover by Miss Elsie E. West of
Leicester.
Conspicuous among the leather work
was a box for chessmen with ivory
mounts, by Mr. Arthur G. Small, of
Birmingham (Moseley Road), to which
a gold medal was awarded. The box,
circular in shape, was of an uncommon
red colour, and decorated with a small
interlaced design in green and white.
There was a suggestion of the influence
of West African native art in Mr. Small's
chess-box, and in the red leather card-
cases and foot-stool by two other
Moseley Road students, Miss Dorothy
A. Roweand Miss Gladys F. Ward, in
which a somewhat similar pattern was
seen. Mr. Frederick R. Smith of
„ Wolverhampton School of Art showed
little maidens of many centuries. DESIGN for a .
calendar by Caroline hall (Sunderland) a chalice case of tooled leather that was
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EUSTACET
CHARLTON
book-plates printed from wood blocks by william liley (sunderland)
some earlier years, but interesting pieces
were to be found here and there among
the exhibits : as, for example, a silver
hot water jug with a design of grapes in
repousse, by Mr. Walter J. West of
Birmingham (Margaret Street) : a silver
fruit dish supported on pillars and set
with amethysts, by Mr. Tom Stewart of
Northwich School of Art; and a copper
jar with cover by Miss Elsie E. West of
Leicester.
Conspicuous among the leather work
was a box for chessmen with ivory
mounts, by Mr. Arthur G. Small, of
Birmingham (Moseley Road), to which
a gold medal was awarded. The box,
circular in shape, was of an uncommon
red colour, and decorated with a small
interlaced design in green and white.
There was a suggestion of the influence
of West African native art in Mr. Small's
chess-box, and in the red leather card-
cases and foot-stool by two other
Moseley Road students, Miss Dorothy
A. Roweand Miss Gladys F. Ward, in
which a somewhat similar pattern was
seen. Mr. Frederick R. Smith of
„ Wolverhampton School of Art showed
little maidens of many centuries. DESIGN for a .
calendar by Caroline hall (Sunderland) a chalice case of tooled leather that was
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