English leadwork : its art & history / Lawrence Weaver.

  • Lawrence Weaver
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1909
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    THE TRAFFIC BETWEEN L>EVA AND THE COAST OF NORTH WALES IN ROMAN TIMES. By George W. Shrubsole. Chester and North Wales Arch, and Hist. Soc., vol. i. (N.S.). Illustrations of three pigs. THE ROMAN PIGS OF LEAD DISCOVERED NEAR CHESTER. By Rev. Rupert H. Morris. Chester Arch, and Hist. Soc., N.S., lv. 68-79. PIG OF LEAD IN CHESTER MUSEUM. By Egerton Phillimore, M.A. Arch. Cam- brensis., 5th S., viii. 137. THE CHESTER PIGS OF LEAD. By Professor J. Rhys. Arch. Cambrensis, 5th S., ix. 165- 166. THE ROMAN PIGS OF LEAD DISCOVERED NEAR Chester. With a Letter by Professor John Rhys of Oxford. Jour. Chester Arch, and Hist. Soc., N.S., iv. 68-79. EARLY lead miners brought from the HIGH PEAK TO WORK IN FLINTSHIRE. By Henry Taylor. Chester and N. Wales Arch, and Hist. Soc., N.S., viii. 112-114. Notes on an entry in the Patent Roll of 4 Richard II. INCIDENTS IN THE BUILDING TRADES OF LONDON IN THE FOURTEENTH AND FIFTEENTH CENTURIES. By W. Culling Gaze. Builders'1 Journal, 26th June 1907. Included are some interesting records of mediaeval plumbers. ON THE PRICE OF LEAD IN THE REIGN OF HENRY VIII. (ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS). By W. H. Black. Jour. Arch. Assoc., vii. 304-306. A fother equalled 192 cwt. Lead cost a halfpenny per lb. ON LEADWORK GENERALLY. LEADWORK OLD AND ORNAMENTAL AND FOR THE MOST PART ENGLISH. By W. R. Lethaby. With 76 illustrations, 8 in. by 5 in., pp. 148. Macmillan & Co., 1893. This altogether admirable little book, often quoted in the preceding pages, did more than anything to revive interest in the art of leadwork. LEADWORK. By W. R. Lethaby. A paper read before the Society of Arts, and printed in their Journal of 9th April 1897. A footnote to Mr Lethaby's book. ORNAMENTAL LEADWORK. W. Burges. The Ecclesiologist, December 1856. This admirable paper has been used largely by Mr Lethaby in his book, but as it deals chiefly with French work it has been little drawn upon for the purposes of this volume. leadwork. By F. W. Troup, F.R.I.B.A. Jour. Roy. hist. Brit. Architects, 3rd S., vol. xiii., No. 10. Chiefly practical notes on working in lead. ORNAMENTAL LEAD AND LEAD-CASTING. By F. W. Troup, F.R.I.B.A. Jour. Roy. Inst. Brit. Architects, 3rd S.. vol. vii., No. 13- A full review of methods and processes, with long quotations from Burges, Viollet-le-Duc, and Felibien. EXTERNAL LEADWORK. By F. W. Troup. A Chapter in The Arts connected with Build¬ ing. Published by B. T. Batsford, 1909. LEADWORK, ANCIENT AND MODERN. By Charles Hadfield, F.R.I.B.A. A lecture before the Sheffield Art Crafts Guild. The British Architect, 1904. Deals with leadwork generally, and prints extracts from building-roll of York Minster dealing with plumb¬ ing work. ENGLISH ORNAMENTAL LEADWORK. By J. Lewis Andre. Arch. Jour., xlv. 109-119. This paper ranges oyer the whole subject. THE REVIVAL OF THE HANDICRAFTS : LEAD¬ WORKING. By J. Starkie Gardner. The Magazine of Art, May 1900. A general article with illustrations of the Melbourne leadwork, of ventilating quarries, and of a modern dragon in lead on a wrought-iron terrace screen. LEAD ARCHITECTURE. By J. Starkie Gardner. Jour. R.I.B.A., xi. 141-157. An excellent paper followed by an interesting discus¬ sion. It deals largely with the historical evidence for the larger architectural uses of lead. OLD LEADWORK IN EXETER AND THE NEIGH¬ BOURHOOD. By Harbottle Reed. Exeter Diocesati Arch, and Arch. Soc., 3rd S., i. 165-172. Deals with general leadwork with special reference to pipe-heads. Some fine gutters on houses now demolished are illustrated. ON DERBYSHIRE PLUMBERY ; OR WORKINGS IN LEAD. By J. Charles Cox, LL.D. Derbyshire Arch, and N.H. Soc., vol. ix. A good general review of the county leadwork. List of fonts incorrect. Illustration of very early gutter at Derby. OF GARDEN ORNAMENT : THE USE OF leadwork in gardens. Anonymous. Country Life, 15th July 1899. Illustrations include the ‘‘ Cain and Abel,” a fox with fowl in his mouth, a sportsman levelling a gun, and two of the vases at the Villa at Chiswick. OF LEADEN GARGOYLES, MAGDALEN COLLEGE, OXFORD. By Richard Davey. Country Life, 27th October 1900. If the gargoyles illustrated were not unquestionably of stone this article would be of value. As things are, however, the comparison with the Notre Dame stone gargoyles and the regret that Victor Hugo never “be¬ held the leaden gargoyles of Maudlin ” fail to impress. OF GARDEN ORNAMENT : LEADWORK AS GARDEN DECORATION. By Richard Davey. Country Life, 14th April, 28th April 1900. In addition to several photographs of the Melbourne leadwork are “The Rape of the Sabines” at Painshill, the vases at Drayton House, a “ Faun ” at Peover Hall, and “ Flora ’’ at Drayton. FORMAL GARDENS IN ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND. By Inigo Triggs. Published by B. T. Bats¬ ford. Leadwork illustrated includes the following :— Longford Castle: “Flora,” by Sir Henry Cheere, in garden temple. Belcombe Brook : “ Perseus ” in garden temple (not the same as at Melbourne). Stoneleigh Abbey: vases on gate piers. Rousham: “Bacchus.” Canon’s Ashby: “Shepherd” playing flute. Nun Moncton : statues. Wilton House : amorini. Chiswick House: two vases. Enfield Old Park: vase. Pens- hurst: \ase. I ford Manor: vase. Victoria and Albert Museum and Enfield: Cisterns. Drayton House, Northants : four vases. Also other objects not noted above as they are illus¬ trated in foregoing chapters.
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