The Guild of Handicraft
Other names: The Guild and School of Handicraft (1888), The Guild of Handicraft Limited (1898)
Foundation date: 23 June 1888
Dissolution date: October 1906
Function: Art school and guild
Works
Dates are usually the year a work was exhibited so may differ from date of production.
New entries have been made each time a work was exhibited due to a lack of evidence about the state, medium or edition shown.
Contributed to manufacture of Set of five atheletes
'Executed under the direction of the Guild' (1910 ACES exhibition catalogue)
Created Box
Created Box with Florentine Lady
Created Casket with Bird
Created Casket with Landscape
Created Electric Light Bracket
Created Electric Light Bracket
Created Large Set of Fire-Irons
Created Small Set of Fire-Irons
Created Pair of Fire Dogs
Created Set of Fire-Irons
Created Fire Screens
Created Large Finger Plate
Created Large Plaque
Created Large Plaque
Created Large Plaque
Created Nine Small Finger Plates
Exhibited The Craft of the Guild
One of guild's submissions to the 1889 ACES exhibition.
Exhibited Carved bass-wood freize for door or hall mantel
One of Guild's submissions to the 1889 ACES exhibition.
Exhibited Grandfather's Clock
One of guild's exhibits at the 1889 ACES exhibition.
Exhibited A garden statue
At 1910 ACES exhibition.
Exhibited The Glossop Mace: a lady's swimming trophy
in 1910 ACES exhibition
Exhibited Leaf and Flower Work
Exhibited Plaque (Fruit Border)
Locations
Address 34 Commercial Street London | View on map
1889 (Presumed)
Address Essex House 401 Mile End Road London | View on map
1891 - 1902
Address The Old Silk Mill Sheep Street Chipping Campden | View on map
1902 - 1906
Shop located at 16A Brook Street Bond Street London W | View on map
1899 - 1904 (Circa)
(1900) Recorded as 'No.16'
Associated People
Apprenticed Herbert James Maryon
1899
Served a one-year apprenticeship in silversmithing and metalwork.
Associates included William Hardiman
Associates included R.G. Phillips
Associates included H. Warren
Associates included R. Underhill
Founded by Charles Robert Ashbee
1888
Members included L. Mellor
Descriptions of Business or Institution
Listed under Art Metal Workers Post Office London Directory, 1900 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1900
Sources
Arts and Crafts Society: Catalogue of the Second Exhibition.
1889
pp.146-147; also pp.149-151, p.153, [latter items not recorded on this database].
C.R. Ashbee: Architect, Designer and Romantic Socialist
2005
Catalogue of the Arts & Crafts Exhibition 1904
1904
Cat. Nos. 236, 238, 240, 432, 436, 438, 439, 440, 627, 629, pp. 16, 26, 27, 40, 129
Catalogue of the Second Exhibition of Arts and Crafts, City of Manchester Art Gallery, 1895
1895
Cat. Nos. 427, 428, 429, 430, 433, 434, pp. 160, 161, 255
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1904
1904
Cat. Nos. 683, 687, 692, 694, pp. 66, 67, 68, 95
Post Office London Directory, 1900 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1900
p.1779
Citing this record
'The Guild of Handicraft', 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/organization.php?id=msib5_1208552170, accessed 24 Mar 2023]