Miss (Sara) Muriel Meats
Born 1904
Died 1991
Active: 1926 - 1937
Silversmith, jeweller
Born in Northfield, Birmingham (possibly part of Warwickshire at that date). Died in Grasmere, Cumbria (Westmorland). A cigarette case with a design of elephants in enamel was purchased for the Collection of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths in 1937. Muriel Meats registered her maker's mark in Birmingham. (Wallis, London, 2000, p. 41).
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Royal Society of Artists Birmingham Autumn Exhibition, 1926
1926
Exhibited 'Buckle, Silver and enamel', p. 26 (Case 3, 269); 'Silver Box, with Champleve enamel', p. 27 (Case 3, 282); 'Teapot Stand, pierced silver', p. 27 (Case 3, 287). The artist was living in Coventry.
Exhibited at Royal Society of Artists Birmingham, The Autumn Exhibition, 1931
1931
Exhibited 'Casket: Silver and Enamel', p. 24 (Case 1, 211); 'Enamel Letter Tray', p. 25 (Case 1, 226); 'Challice and Paten (lent by St Michael's Church)', p. 25 (Case 2, 238), and 'Silver and Gold Ring set with Tourmaline', p. 27 (Case 4, 265) [summary]. The artist was living at 3 Rochester Road, Coventry c. 1931-1932.
Exhibited at Society of Staffordshire Artists. Fourth Annual Exhibition (City of Stoke on Trent Museums and Art Gallery, Hanley), 1937
December 1937
Exhibited four silver objects, p. 7 (144-47).
Sources
Fourth Annual Exhibition of the Society of Staffordshire Artists, 1937
December 1937
p. 7.
Royal Society of Artists Birmingham Autumn Exhibition, 1926
1926
p. 26.
Royal Society of Artists Birmingham. The Autumn Exhibition, 1931
1931
pp. 24-25.
Citing this record
'Miss (Sara) Muriel Meats', 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_1232631021, accessed 24 Sep 2023]
