Panel
late 19th century-early 20th century (made)
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Nelson Dawson (1859-1942) was a distinguished painter, silversmith and jeweller of the English Arts & Crafts Movement. He trained as an architect and then studied painting at the South Kensington Schools. In 1881 he took up metalworking. He studied enamelling under Alexander Fisher and, after his marriage in 1893, set up a workshop with his wife Edith Robinson to whom he taught enamelling and who subsequently carried out the enamelled decoration which is a characteristic feature of much of his work.
This bronze panel with a shield of the Arms of Nottingham in translucent enamel is mounted on a block of marble.
In 1901 he set up the Artificers’ Guild in his Chiswick workshop, but it passed into the possession of Montague Fordham in 1903. Nelson Dawson gave up metalworking in 1914 and devoted the rest of his life to painting.
This bronze panel with a shield of the Arms of Nottingham in translucent enamel is mounted on a block of marble.
In 1901 he set up the Artificers’ Guild in his Chiswick workshop, but it passed into the possession of Montague Fordham in 1903. Nelson Dawson gave up metalworking in 1914 and devoted the rest of his life to painting.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Bronze, with enamel, mounted on marble |
| Brief description | Panel with a shield of the Arms of Nottingham in enamel, on bronze and mounted on marble, by Nelson Dawson, English, late 19th - early 20th century |
| Physical description | Panel with a shield of the Arms of Nottingham in translucent enamel, on a device is bronze and mounted on a block of marble. |
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| Summary | Nelson Dawson (1859-1942) was a distinguished painter, silversmith and jeweller of the English Arts & Crafts Movement. He trained as an architect and then studied painting at the South Kensington Schools. In 1881 he took up metalworking. He studied enamelling under Alexander Fisher and, after his marriage in 1893, set up a workshop with his wife Edith Robinson to whom he taught enamelling and who subsequently carried out the enamelled decoration which is a characteristic feature of much of his work. This bronze panel with a shield of the Arms of Nottingham in translucent enamel is mounted on a block of marble. In 1901 he set up the Artificers’ Guild in his Chiswick workshop, but it passed into the possession of Montague Fordham in 1903. Nelson Dawson gave up metalworking in 1914 and devoted the rest of his life to painting. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | CIRC.234-1921 |
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| Record created | February 16, 2004 |
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