Studio: international art (84.1922)

STUDIO-TALK

BRASS ALTAR CROSS
HIGH ONGAR, ESSEX
BY P. F. ALEXANDER

Hall, where the permanent collection is
housed, by various paintings, prints, and
drawings. Both artists migrated to London
early—Rothenstein going to the Slade
when sixteen and Shackleton when twenty-
one to the Royal College of Art, where he
won a British Institute Scholarship,
enabling him to study in France and Italy.

We give on this page illustrations of
two crosses—one in metal, the other in
wood—recently placed in the churches
mentioned. Although shown here on the
same scale, the actual proportions are very
different, the altar cross being three feet
in height, while the carved oak cross

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designed by that gifted architect, the late
Mr. C. E. Mallows, and occupying a place
above the chancel arch, is more than twice
that length. 00000
The two illustrations opposite show
portions of a Delia Robbia War Memorial
for St. Mary's Church, Durban, South
Africa. The church was designed by
Mr. F. L. H. Fleming of Johannesburg,
and the memorial was made of South
African clays, at Durban, by John and
Truda Adams. This Delia Robbia forms
a noteworthy landmark in the history of
ceramics in the Union, as the only
pottery made previously, was the trade

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CARVED OAK CROSS FOR ST.
JAMES'S CHURCH, BIDDENHAM
BEDFORD. DESIGNED BY THE LATE
C.E. MALLOWS, F.R.I.B.A. CARVED
BY SIDNEY MARY DUIGAN