Metalwork Design
1897-1912 (made)
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1 of 510 designs for jewellery, silverwork and jewellers' tools etc., including designs for the carved ivory base of a chalice, a circular stained glass window for St. Mary's Church, Weymouth, a clock, a font, two designs for a pulpit and plant studies. Also a proof of an unemployment stamp designed by the artist in 1912. On various papers, some pricked for transfer, mounted in an album of 120 pages, together with a few inserted hinged sheets, bound in green buckram. Inscribed by the artist with notes, some in Italian,dates, names and addresses of clients etc., and on a piece of paper pasted to the spine 'Designs for Jewellery H W'.
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| Materials and techniques | Pencil, pen and ink, chalk and other media |
| Brief description | Henry Wilson. One of 511 designs for jewellery and religious silverwork in an album. British or Italian, 1897-1912 |
| Physical description | 1 of 510 designs for jewellery, silverwork and jewellers' tools etc., including designs for the carved ivory base of a chalice, a circular stained glass window for St. Mary's Church, Weymouth, a clock, a font, two designs for a pulpit and plant studies. Also a proof of an unemployment stamp designed by the artist in 1912. On various papers, some pricked for transfer, mounted in an album of 120 pages, together with a few inserted hinged sheets, bound in green buckram. Inscribed by the artist with notes, some in Italian,dates, names and addresses of clients etc., and on a piece of paper pasted to the spine 'Designs for Jewellery H W'. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Designs for Jewellery H W' (Inscribed by the artist with notes, some in Italian,dates, names and addresses of clients etc., and on a piece of paper pasted to the spine) |
| Credit line | Given by Miss Orrea Pernel, daughter of the artist |
| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1955-1956 London: HMSO, 1963 |
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| Accession number | E.669:439-1955 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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