Bernard Cuzner
Born 1877 (Circa)
Died 1956 (Circa)
Active: 1902 - 1951
Jeweller, teacher
Born Alcester, Warwick.
Works
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Coffee-pot, chased, silver-plated on nickel silver
Contributed to making of Chased Brass Altar Cross
Silver Bowl, chased, applied leaf work
Copper and Silver-plated Bowl, chased
Teapot, chased, silver-plated on nickel silver
Coffee-pot, chased, silver-plated on nickel silver
Designed The Olympic Torch
1948 (Circa)
Made by Stanley G. Morris in Birmingham and engraved by William Biddle
Inkpot
1902 (Presumed)
Cigarette Box
1902 (Presumed)
Locations
Address 246 Maryvale Road Bournville Birmingham | View on map
1902 (Presumed)
Address The Handicrafts Bournville Birmingham | View on map
1909 (Presumed)
Address Five Gates Bournville Birmingham | View on map
1916 (Presumed)
Address 342 Selly Oak Road King's Norton Birmingham | View on map
1931 (Presumed)
Address 92 Carless Avenue Harborne Birmingham | View on map
1936 (Presumed) - 1951 (Presumed)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society: Eleventh Exhibition, 1916
'Clock in chased Brass Case '
Exhibited at The Thirty-Seventh Spring Exhibition at the Rooms of the Society, New Street (Royal Birmingham Society of Artists), 1902
'Cigarette Box'
Exhibited at Royal Society of Artists Birmingham Arts and Crafts Exhibition, 1909
1909
Exhibited 8 jewellery objects: p. 10 (Case 3, C1-8); also exhibited nine arts and crafts objects: p. 16 (Case 6, A1-9).
Exhibited at Royal Birmingham Society of Artists [Autumn] Exhibition, 1916
1916
Exhibited a silver sugar basin: p. 30 (Case 1, no. 9), a silver tea pot: p. 20 (Case 1, no. 11), and a silver cream jug: p. 30 (Case 1, no. 15). The works were designed by Cuzner and executed by E. Davies. Also exhibited a silver necklet: p. 33 (Case 3, no. 14).
Exhibited at Royal Society of Artists Birmingham, The Autumn Exhibition, 1931
1931
Exhibited 'Silver Condiment Set', p. 24 (Case 1, 214); 'Bowl, Silver, Handles of Ivory, Green Shell and Japanese Coral', p. 25 (Case 2, 230) [summary].
Exhibited at Twenty-Five Years of Birmingham Art (Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery), 1935
6 November 1935 - 6 December 1935
Exhibited: 'The King's Vase' (gold cup and cover, 1935, cat. no. 90).
Exhibited at Royal Birmingham Society of Artists. The Autumn Exhibition, 1936
1936
Exhibited a coffee pot and jug (pair), a silver coffee pot, a 'School Trophy, Mace, Silver, Gilt and Enamel, and a silver plated bowl: p. 20 (Case 1, 186-188, 192, 206).
Exhibited at Royal Birmingham Society of Artists. The Autumn Exhibition, 1946
1946
Exhibited eight silver brooches: p. 13 (in case, 167-174), and a silver folk and spoon which were lent to the exhibition by Miss Frances Finlay: p. 13 (in case, 175-176)[summary].
Exhibited at Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Spring Exhibition of Paintings in Water Colours and Handicrafts, 1951
2 May 1951 - 2 June 1951
Exhibited five brooches (gold and silver): p. 15 (Case 1, 228-229, 234-235, 237), three silver bowls (Case 1, 230, 233, 236), a silver mug (Case 1, 231) and a silver ring (Case 1, 232) [summary].
Exhibited at Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Festival of Britain Exhibition, 1951
11 July 1951 - 11 August 1951
Exhibited 'School Trophy in form of a Torch' (silver), lent to the exhibition by the Principal of Walker Technical College, Oakengates, Salop: p. 14 (111), and '3-piece Condiment Set': p. 14 (112).
Organized Classes for Modellers, Carvers, Letter Cutters, Plaster Workers and Others (Birmingham School of Art), 1921-1932
1924 - 1932 (Presumed)
Teacher of Design and the History of Metal Work
Institutional and Business Connections
Owner of Bernard Cuzner
Student at Vittoria Street Branch School of the Birmingham Municipal School of Art
See an article in the Birmingham Mail, 19 June, 1920, in 'Birmingham Biography', vol. 10, pp. 169-170. No dates are given, however, Cuzner was a student at the school under Robert Catterson-Smith who taught there from 1901 to 1903.
Teacher of metal work at Birmingham Municipal School of Art, Central School
1924 - 1932 (Presumed)
Personal and Professional Connections
Collaborated with E. Davis
1916
Davis fabricated designs made by Cuzner
Wife/husband/spouse of Ethel Cuzner
1916 (Presumed)
Both artist were living at the same address in 1916.
Sources
Arts and Crafts Society: Catalogue of the Eleventh Exhibition.
1916
p.60, p.139, pp.144-145, p.153, p.155, pp.157-158, p.168.
Birmingham Biography, Newspaper Cuttings, 1872-1966 Birmingham Biography
See an article in the Birmingham Mail, 19 June, 1920, in 'Birmingham Biography', vol. 10, pp. 169-170.
Royal Birmingham Society of Artists. Exhibition, 1916 [Autumn] Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
1916
p. 30 and p. 33.
Royal Birmingham Society of Artists. The Autumn Exhibition, 1936 Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
1936
p. 20.
Royal Birmingham Society of Artists. The Autumn Exhibition, 1946 Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
1946
p. 13.
Royal Society of Artists Birmingham Arts and Crafts Exhibition, 1909
1909
pp. 10, 16
Royal Society of Artists Birmingham. The Autumn Exhibition, 1931
1931
p. 24.
Twenty-Five Years of Birmingham Art, 1935 Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery Exhibition Catalogues
1935
Unpaged.
Citing this record
'Bernard Cuzner', 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/person.php?id=msib4_1203073068, accessed 05 Feb 2023]