Queen Charlotte's Loan Exhibition--until 8th June 1929

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Queen Charlotte’s Loan Exhibition of Old Silver.
English, Irish and Scottish. All prior to 1739.
With examples of present day work.

Wednesday, 1st May to Saturday, 8th June 1929.

Seaford House,
Belgrave Square,
London S.W.

An Exhibition of work by present-day artists, together with selected pieces of the great craftsmen of the past, whilst inviting criticism, sets a standard for comparison. For fashions and requirements in many phases of applied arts are changing more rapidly to-day than ever before, and it is not characteristic of the age to be satisfied for long with copies of the past. Some attempt to take stock of the position of the silver industry, viewed aesthetically, has lately been made by the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, and this exhibit of fifty examples of work by living craftsmen was designed to show that modern work as well as ancient may have a collector’s value.

The Seaford House Exhibition, one of several important exhibitions at London is in aid of the National Mother-Saving Campaign, the fund for the rebuilding and enlarging of Queen Charlotte’s Maternity Hospital at Hammersmith.


Sorry to say this, but I suspect you have all missed this one, but there is still a chance for a quick look round.....




All three pieces made by Omar Ramsden.


A. Designer: Fernand Piret.
B. Designer: Harold Stabler. Maker: Garrod & Co. Ltd.
Part of a group presented by the twelve chief Livery Companies of London to the Cutlers' Company of Sheffield.


Designer: Arthur Gaskin.
Makers: Birmingham School of Art.


A. Designer: F. S. Beck. Maker: Wakely & Wheeler.
B. Designer: Harold Stabler for Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co. Ltd.


Designer: Ernest Gillick. Makers: Basil and Dorothy Allen and Ernest Gillick.


Left: Designers and Makers: W.P. Belk and R.G. Toms.
Centre: Designer: Fernand Piret.
Right: Maker: George Hart.


Left: Maker: Charles Thomas.
Right: Maker: Ethel Auger.


Designer: J. B. Harrison. Maker: C. S. Harris & Sons Ltd.


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Part Two.

In A collection of this kind presention plate takes the first place, for such things as trophies, rosewater dishes and caskets, if in competent hands, enable the designer to work out his own ideas, and do not call for such nicety of calculation of cost per ounce as to drive him to despair. It is indeed this cost per ounce system of silver production which was mainly responsible for its low artistic standard in the last half-century, for the dual demand of size and weight, combined with cut prices, crushed the artist's vitality out of him. The work of a painter, engraver or sculptor is not judged on these standards, and it is forgotten that in the Middle Ages the goldsmith's and silversmith's workshop was the natural training-ground for art students.
(Extract from the Introduction by G.R.Hughes)

Some more delights from this wonderful exhibition:


Left: Maker: S. Hammond.
Right: Maker: Mappin & Webb.


Rear: Designer: Harold Stabler for Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co. Ltd.
Part of a group presented by the twelve Livery Companies of London to the Cutlers Company of Sheffield.
Far Left And Right: Designer: Fernand Piret.
Centre Left and Right: Designer: Harold Stabler. Maker: Garrard & Co. Ltd.
Centre: Designer: Cecil Walker for Mappin & Webb. Part of a group presented by the tweve chief Livery Companies of London to the Cutlers Company of Sheffield.


Top: Designer: George Kruger Gray. Maker: Garrard & Co. Ltd. To commemorate the granting of the Company's Charter in 1327.
Bottom: Maker: The Birmingham Guild. Presented to the Earl of Oxford and Asquith on receiving the Freedom of the City of London in 1925.


Designer: Phoebe Stabler for D.& J. Wellby Ltd. The Spirit of Speed. Presented by Sir Charles Wakefield, Bart., for high speed motoring and won by Major Sir Henry O.D. Segrave with the Golden Arrow in March 1929.

The Exhibition now continues with examples of old silver.


The 'Cressener Cup'. Maker's Mark: Bow and Arrow?


Formerly the property of Mary Queen of Scots. The chain and pomander is seen in a contemporary portrait in the collection of Prince Alex Labanoff de Rostoff at Petrograd.


The 'Howard Grace Cup', sometimes known as the 'St. Thomas a'Becket Cup'. Maker's Mark: Three implements crossed.


Maker's Mark: W. over a cresent. From Waterbeach Church, Cambridge.


Maker's Mark: A Bird.


'The Stonyhurst Salt'. Maker's Mark: I.R. a rose on stalk between.

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To Be Continued..