Charles Henshaw & Sons
Active: 1910 - 1950
Function: Art metal worker
Policy: Around 1950 the firm was listed in the trade directory under the category of 'Memorial Tablets (Bronze)'
History or description: Charles Henshaw & Sons undertook casting work for the Scottish National War Memorial. The firm was also responsible for the memorial located at the Moray Golf Club in Lossiemouth. The minutes of the Moray Golf Club Council for Saturday 7th May 1921 state that the club's Secretary, John Foster: "...laid before the meeting a design for a cast bronze tablet with an oak surround which he had procured from Mr Charles Henshaw, Brass and Metal Worker, Edinburgh. He stated that when in Edinburgh he had seen various memorials e.g. Barnton, Murrayfield, Edinburgh Burgess, the Scottish Conservative Club and had also seen many designs, finished or in the casting process at Mr Henshaw's works. Cast bronze according to experts' opinions appeared to be preferable to engraved brass. The design exhibited had been returned to Mr Henshaw for an alteration and improvement on the head piece and the final sketch, which they now saw, seemed to him to be the most artistic and suitable of the many he had inspected ..." The minutes of 16 June 1921 record that the: "Council unanimously resolved to accept the offer of Mr Charles Henshaw, 29 Murieston Crescent, Edinburgh, to provide a memorial in cast bronze with oak surround ... at a cost of £120". The Annual Report for 1921 records that "The bronze tablet to the memory of the thirty members who fell in the war was unveiled in August by the Captain."
This record includes information submitted by John Ellwood.
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.
Cast The Scottish National War Memorial
1927
Locations
Ran a business at Russell Road Edinburgh Scotland | View on map
1950 (Circa)
p. 1036
Works located at 29 Murieston Crescent Edinburgh Scotland | View on map
1910 (Circa) - 1921 (Circa)
Descriptions of Business or Institution
Listed under Art Metal Workers Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1910-1911
p. 859
Listed under Art Metal Workers Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1920-1921
p. 756
Listed under Art Metal Workers Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1950-1951
p. 1036
Sources
Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1910-1911
1910
p. 859
Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1920-1921
1920
p. 756
Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1950-1951
1950
p. 1036
Scottish National War Memorial
October 2004
p. 30
Citing this record
'Charles Henshaw & Sons', 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=msib6_1218466392, accessed 24 Sep 2023]
