Bromsgrove Guild of Applied Arts

Neptune, by the Bromsgrove Guild of Applied Arts, 1911.

Main gate of Buckingham Palace with royal coat of arms

The Bromsgrove Guild of Applied Arts (1898–1966) was a company of modern artists and designers associated with the Arts and Crafts Movement, founded by Walter Gilbert. The guild worked in metal, wood, plaster, bronze, tapestry, glass and other mediums.^[1]

The Guild received a Royal Warrant in 1908.^[2]

The Guild's most famous works on public display are the main gates of Buckingham Palace and the Canada Gate both part of Sir Aston Webb's memorial scheme to Queen Victoria.^[3]

Unlike many other Arts & Crafts companies that faded away after a few decades, for instance the William Morris company, the Bromsgrove Guild survived until the early 1960s.

Famous works

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• Liver birds, Royal Liver Building, Liverpool
• Trim on the Lusitania
• Trim on the RMS Queen Mary
• The statue of Hygieia at Chequers
• Plasterwork at Averley, Glasgow.^[4]
• Plasterwork at the Central Station Hotel, Glasgow.
• Stained Glass at Stoneleigh, Glasgow.
• The gates and sculpture at the Phoenix Assurance Building, Glasgow.
• Trim on the Cunard War Memorial, Liverpool.
• English altar and rails St Paul's Church, Bedford.
• Various items at Holy Trinity Church, Southport.
• Chancel gates and reredos in Liverpool Cathedral
• Items at Church of the Holy Trinity and St Mary, Dodford,Worcestershire
• The main gates of Buckingham Palace
• Terpsichore on the facade of the Fortune Theatre
• The mosaic in the pedimented gable at 50 Anlaby Road, Hull
• Choir Stalls at All Saints Cathedral, Halifax

Notes

Sources

• Wells, Griffith T. (May 1912). "Sculpture in the garden: Some interesting work by the Bromsgrove Guild, of Worcestershire, England". Arts & Decoration. 2 (7): 260–261. JSTOR 43799690.