Objectnummer
2009/24
Vervaardiger
Beschrijving
This copper vase was designed by Elizabeth Waterhouse (1834-1918), and made by Harry Smith at the Yattendon Evening Class. Waterhouse set up the evening metal-working class for young men in the early 20th century, and it ran until the start of WWI. The evening class was affiliated to the 'Home Arts and Industries Association' which came together in 1884 with philanthropic aims to stimulate handicrafts in rural districts. The Yattendon class made a range of repoussé copper and brass items. Over 5,000 pieces were made, and sold through a shop in the village and at Liberty's in London and other outlets.
Fysieke kenmerken
1 vase: metal, copper alloy
Archiefgeschiedenis
MERL OLIB database note – 'This comes from the Berkshire village of Yattendon where a metal-working evening class for young men was organised for more than twenty years until the outbreak of the First World War in 1914 by Elizabeth Waterhouse (1834-1918). She and her husband Alfred, the distinguished late Victorian architect, moved to Yattendon in 1881 from nearby Reading, having purchased the estate and begun building a new country house for it a few years earlier. Elizabeth Waterhouse deployed her literary and artistic skills to play an active part in the life of the local community. The idea for the evening class came from the same root as the Keswick School of Industrial Arts and other initiatives around the country at the time. It was affiliated to the Home Arts and Industries Association which came together in 1884 with philanthropic aims to stimulate handicrafts in rural districts, give young people something useful and wholesome to do in their spare time, and create avenues of communication between the educated and labouring classes. The Yattendon class made a wide range of repoussé copper and brass items for domestic use, often to designs by Elizabeth Waterhouse herself, which grew in reputation with the help of awards won at the Association's annual show at the Albert Hall. Over 5,000 pieces were made in total and sold through a shop in the village, at Liberty's in London and other outlets. See also 68/506.', MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Museum of English Rural Life) – 'Repousse copper vase, designed by Elizabeth Waterhouse (1834-1918) and made by the Yattendon Evening Class, Berkshire, in c.1905. // ... Purchased as part of the Collecting 20thc Rural Culture project. // (see also 68/506). // References // See Jill Greenaway 'Elizabeth Waterhouse' in 'In the Valley of the Pang' (Greenaway, Ward eds.) 2002, pp 39-48'
Vervaardiging plaats
Yattendon, Yattendon
Datum
1905 - 1905
Objectnaam
Materiaal
Techniek
Formaat
- Height 395 mm
- Width 240 mm
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