John Phillips Steele
Active: 1865 - 1948
Silversmith, metal worker
Works
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Silver Trophy
1938 (Presumed)
Copper Pot
1938 (Presumed)
Silver Pot
1938 (Presumed)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Federation of Midland Art Societies Exhibition, 1938
Multiple works
Exhibited at Society of Staffordshire Artists. Third Annual Exhibition (The Museum, Pall Mall, Hanley), 1936
4 November 1936 - 2 December 1936
Exhibited 9 objects including 'Brass Tea Tray', four copper bowls, 'Copper Vessel, 'Pair of Silver Vases', 'Silver Birthday Cup' and 'Silver Honey Spoon', p. 6 (5-13).
Exhibited at Society of Staffordshire Artists. Fourth Annual Exhibition (City of Stoke on Trent Museums and Art Gallery, Hanley), 1937
December 1937
Exhibited sixteen objects including a brass and silver vases, copper bowls, a serviette ring and silver spoons, p. 7 (148-63).
Exhibited at Fifth Annual Exhibition of the Society of Staffordshire Artists (City of Stoke on Trent Museums and Art Gallery, Hanley), 1938
October 1938 - November 1938
Exhibited vessels etc. in silver, bronze, copper and brass, p. 7 (175-85).
Exhibited at Sixth Annual Exhibition of the Society of Staffordshire Artists (City of Stoke on Trent Museums and Art Gallery, Hanley), 1940
February 1940
Exhibited metal work [p. 6 (99)].
Institutional and Business Connections
Member of Society of Staffordshire Artists
1938 (Presumed)
Student at Wedgwood Memorial Institute, Burslem and Tunstall School of Science and Art
1885 (Circa) - 1900 (Circa)
Haggar (1953), p. 28 and p. 49.
Sources
A Century of Art Education in the Potteries. With notes on the Artists, 1953 Local Studies
1953 (Circa)
p. 49.
Fifth Annual Exhibition of the Society of Staffordshire Artists, 1938
October 1938
p. 7.
Fourth Annual Exhibition of the Society of Staffordshire Artists, 1937
December 1937
p. 7.
Sixth Annual Exhibition of the Society of Staffordshire Artists, 1940
February 1940
p. 6 (99).
Society of Staffordshire Artists. Third Annual Exhibition, 1936
2 December 1936
p. 6.
The Federation of Midland Art Societies, 1938
June 1938
Unpaged.
Citing this record
'John Phillips Steele', 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_1219313314, accessed 05 Jun 2023]
