Evening star., 1926-11-07
NOTES OF ART AND ARTISTS
Woodbock Prints View the Gal
lery Shows Drawings of Georgetown-Old .~
Silver Is Exhibited

time ago: The silver made In Eng
land In the first half OF the eight
eenth. century Is probably the finest
ever produced in that country. Then
for a time came what he termed "a
deiuge of bad taste" which was "for-
tunately stenmed in the reiens OF
the third and fourth. Georges-1I60 10
1S30-when the excavations at Pom
peii and Herculaneum brought about
a passionate interest In classic forms
Addam expressed it in architecture.
Wedgwood in pottery. Sheraton and
Hepplewhite in furniture. E;yerythinG
that could be made in elliptfcsl form
was so made. The beauty of Georgian
silver Is unQuestioned.
All of the silver bears the hall
marks of the various assay off1ceS III
London, Edinburgh. Dublin and other
cities. When g. SilverSmith completed
"A work he took II to the assay ONCE.
where a. test was applied and IL the
purity of the metal was. as claimed.
up to the standard. it was duly hall
marked If 1t fell below the standard
it was destroyed, and if a maker sub
nlitted three pieces below the standard
he was debarred from further submits
sion. In this country the word "Ster'
ling Is supposed 20 carry the same
meaning, but, unfortunately, 1t does
not Inferior metal does not take the
same fine polish or maintain the same
beautiful surface that the handmad"
silver of England I'm the Georgian
days or of American in colonial days
counts as its peculiar beauty.
Among the rare pieces Ia the
Bratnard Lemon collection now on
view here is Charles III dish made
by II. B. in London, 1910. This Is
from the Lord Heytesberry collection.
q marvellous piece of craft work. Th"
insert at the bottom of the dish
represents, 1t is said, an episode in tho
life Of Hercules. An interesting group
showing distinctly inspiration from
classical models comprises a pair OF
Georgian centerpiece tureens made ny
sschof1eld In London, 1898; an old
French silver sauce boat mace about
1900: and a pair OF Georgian candeia
bra, the last made by John Parsons a
Co. of Sheffield. England. in 1888
These same forms were followed quite
closely by our famous American Sil
versniths. among them Paul Revere
\
EBEN r. COMINS has lately re-
~ opened his studio at 1911 Connect
cut avenue after having spent severa !
| months at Gloucester. Mass. Mr.
cominS is represented In the current
/ GEDlDltlOIl OF AMERICAN dI tHe
Chicago Art Institute by a figure
painting entitled Gloria" showing q
young woman in Summer frocll and
necllerchief against a background OF
Oriental figures. an ancient painting
! OF possibly a fold of an old Oriental
screen. The intent of the artist is
obviousAEast and West do meet. and
the continuity of art is reemphasi1ed
1t is a colorful and engaging work
Mr. CominS has quite a number Of
| portrait commissions on hand at the
present time.
! TWO Washington artists names
appear upon the list OF awards
! given by distinguished jury in con
! nection with the exhibition Of fine arts
| at the Sesquicentennial international !
! Mcryman and Burtis Baker. Mr..
! Meryman Is represented by a portrait
! for which ne was awarded silver
! medal; Mr.. Baker by three paintings
| "Old Ivory and Gold Still Life With
swan" and interior With Figures.
| for which he received a bronze media /.
When il is understood that the. list
! was 80 restricted that it has caused
! great surprise. and that all the rla
| tions were completing. it will be real
| lied that to have been included there
| on is indeed signal honor.
| The exhibition at the Sesquicenten
NAL continues through this month and
will we'll repay a. journey to Philadel
| Dhia