Messenger Prize (Birmingham and Midland Institute), 1878-1951
Start Date: 1878
End Date: 1951 (Presumed)
Type: Competition
Description: Art school prizes ranged from £5 to £10; prizes of £10 usually awarded for 3-dimensional modelled designs.
In 1885 one prize was offered for 'the best model of a set of door furniture, finger-plates, escutcheon, door-knob, etc., to be executed either in wrought iron, or in brass repousse; one prize for 'the best model of a jewel for neck ornament, either in silver or gold enriched with not more than five precious stones. Enamel may be used.'
From 1886 two prizes were offered for modelled designs 'suitable for execution in brass, iron, bronze etc., for door knockers, fire-dogs, jewellery items, wax and clay model designs, memorial tablets, etc.' Following this two prizes were offered each year, at least one of which continued to be offered for objects in the aforementioned materials. [summary]
Policy: 'No candidate having received a prize will be allowed to compete a second time for a similar prize'.
Competition Details: Donated under the will of the late Samuel Messenger. Offered by the Birmingham and Midland Institute.
Organizing Institution or Venue
Organized by Birmingham and Midland Institute
1885 - 1951
Promoted by Birmingham Society of Arts and School of Design
1878 - 1885
Details of the Prize were included in the Programmes of the School: 'The attention of students is directed to the following extract from the programme of the Birmingham and Midland Institute.'
Promoted by Birmingham Municipal School of Art, Central School
1885 - 1951
£10
Citing this record
'Messenger Prize (Birmingham and Midland Institute), 1878-1951', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/event.php?id=msib4_1205843490, accessed 17 May 2022]