William T. Blackband RBSA
Active: 1922 - 1949
Headmaster, jeweller, silversmith
Locations
Address Etruria Warwick Road Solihull | View on map
1926 (Presumed) - 1931
Address 428 Warwick Road Solihull | View on map
1946 (Presumed)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Birmingham Art Circle. The Fifty-Third Exhibition, 1922
11 September 1922 - 29 September 1922
Blackband exhibited two cases of jewellery objects containing a total of nineteen objects, all of which were offered for sale.
Exhibited at The Birmingham Art Circle. The Fifty-Sixth Exhibition, 1926
January 1926 - 26 January 1926
Blackband exhibited two cases of objects; they were not offered for sale.
Exhibited at Royal Society of Artists Birmingham Autumn Exhibition, 1926
1926
Exhibited a silver tabacco box with niello decoration, p. 24 (231).
Exhibited at The Birmingham Art Circle. The Fifty-Ninth Exhibition, 1929
January 1929 - 23 January 1929
Blackband exhibited a case of ten vessels and jewellery objects, all of which were offered for sale [summary].
Exhibited at The Birmingham Art Circle. The Sixtieth Exhibition, 1930
January 1930 - 23 January 1930
Exhibited a gold chalice.
Exhibited at The Birmingham Art Circle. The Fifty-Ninth Exhibition, 1929
January 1930 - 24 January 1931
Exhibited four silver vessels, all of which were offered for sale [summary].
Exhibited at Royal Society of Artists Birmingham, The Autumn Exhibition, 1931
1931
Exhibited 'Bowl and Spoon', p. 25 (Case 2, 227); 'Bowl and Spoon', p. 25 (Case 2, 232); 'Chalice and Paten set with Moonstones', p. 25 (Case 2, 236); 'Silver Teapot', p. 25 (Case 2, 241).
Exhibited at Twenty-Five Years of Birmingham Art (Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery), 1935
6 November 1935 - 6 December 1935
Exhibited: 'The King's Silver Jubilee Cup' (silver parcel gilt, lent by the Lord Mayor of Birmingham); 'Cup and Cover' (silver, lent by the artist); 'Finger Ring' (silver set with opals and tourmalines); and 'Necklet and Pendant' (silver and gold set with opals and pearl dropper, lent by the artist) - cat. nos 83-86 [summary].
Institutional and Business Connections
Elected professional associate member of Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
1923 - 1926
First listed in the Society's exhibition catalogues as an Associate member in Spring 1923.
Elected professional member of Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
1926 - 1949
First listed in the Society's catalogues as a full Member in Autumn 1926. Last listed in Autumn 1949. From Spring 1927 listed as R.B.S.A.
Member of Birmingham Art Circle
1922 - 1930
Member of The Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society
1946 (Presumed)
Principal of Vittoria Street School for Jewellers and Silversmiths
1931 - 1946
Tutor at Midland Arts Club
1944 - 1945
Delivered a lecture on 'Craftmanship in Modern Jewellery' to Art Club members.
Sources
Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society: Members and Craftsmen
1946 (Probable)
Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Autumn Exhibition, 1949
1949
p. 5.
Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Spring Exhibition, 1923
1923
p. 5.
Royal Society of Artists Birmingham Autumn Exhibition, 1926
1926
p. 5.
Royal Society of Artists Birmingham Autumn Exhibition, 1926
1926
p. 24.
Royal Society of Artists Birmingham. The Autumn Exhibition, 1931
1931
p. 25.
The Fifty-Third Exhibition of Works by Members of the Art Circle, held at the Galleries of the Royal Society of Artists, New Street, Birmingham, 1922
September 1922
pp. 19-20.
Twenty-Five Years of Birmingham Art, 1935 Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery Exhibition Catalogues
1935
Unpaged.
Citing this record
'William T. Blackband RBSA', 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_1207140916, accessed 01 Apr 2023]