Yachting Cup in Silver by Gertrude Smith

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Yachting Cup in Silver

"Designed and wrought by Gertrude Smith"

1900

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"Miss Gertrude Smith is a metal-worker, and her aim in designing silver cups is to obtain pleasant shapes by the use of subtle curves, as far removed from the ordinary rounded and bossy ones as is consistent with the qualities of the metal employed. And she perceives also how necessary it is not to cover the surface with ornament, but to keep some parts of the metal unembellished so that the light may play there freely and show up the twists and changes of plane in the modelling. On several occasions Miss Smith has executed cups for sporting clubs. Last year she made one for the Cowes Regatta, and of this yachting cup an illustration is given on page 44. Here we have a creditable piece of work, far in advance of the trade standard." — The Studio, p. 44-46.

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