Topic: Alice Barnwell-glass

[carolglass]

I have been reunited with a decanter and 6 glasses engraved by Alice Barnwell in 1973, I was fortunate enough to visit her and her husband in Redcar, Birmingham at the time. Have done a brief google search but apart from the usual "pay us money and we will sell you information" web sites not too much about her  and her career. Any members know of further sources of information? Many thanks Carol

[johnphilip]

Try asking on www. whitefriars.com i know there was a lady called Alice that used their glass to decorate . The name sounds familiar to me . good luck .jp

[carolglass]

  Many thanks J.P. will do. regards Carol

[Anne]

Carol, Here are a few snippets about Alice Barnwell I've gleaned so far from across the internet (all free info) which give a flavour of who she was:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary--alan-knight-1609772.html

"Alan Knight... one of the great artist-blacksmiths of the post-war period. In 1936 Alan Knight married the artist and glass engraver Alice Barnwell, and settled in Lickey, near Rednal, on the edge of Birmingham. " Alice is deceased.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/oliver-morel-730130.html

Oliver Morel, Furniture-maker of the Cotswold school...  "From sketches by the artist Alice Barnwell and using naturally coloured woods, Morel created delicately inlaid panels of plants and birds."

http://www.goantiques.com/detail,artists-proof-dog,1567832.html

Alice Barnwell was known and respected for her etching of animals and various miniature paintings with an array of subjects, with herself being a member of the Royal Society of Miniature Painters.

It's worth writing or emailing the Society as they may well have a potted bio of Alice they'll send you a copy of: http://www.royal-miniature-society.org.uk/index.htm

http://archive.worcesternews.co.uk/2006/7/12/419143.html
From the archive, first published Wednesday 12th Jul 2006.

50 years ago February 18, 1956
Lickey artist Miss Alice Barnwell gave a talk to Blackwell and Burcot WI, on her work and her views on art and nature. Miss Barnwell emphasised the realisation of the limitations imposed by the chosen medium and appreciation of the wonder of colour vision. An exhibition of her own paintings and engraved glass was much admired.

http://www.wgdc.org.uk/about-us.html

The Worcestershire Guild of Designer Craftsmen was founded in 1952 by nine Worcestershire artist-craftsmen, including Alan Knight and his wife Alice Barnwell.

The latter is a useful link as the Guild may well have more information about Alice, along with images of her work. Contact details here:  
http://www.wgdc.org.uk/wgdc-officers.html

[johnphilip]

Yes she used a lot of WFs blanks for her work .

[carolglass]

 :clap:  Anne- you are a legend!! The best I could come up with was a crappy old google search. Lots of reading for me to do- the decanter is a Wedgwood one with slightly matching (in shape that is) Iitala glasses, both engraved with honeysuckle, bees and ivy. Alan had the most wonderful port as I recall and they both were the lovelest of hosts. Many many thanks to you both. regards Carol

[nigel benson]

Hello,

I was just doing a search for Alice Barnwell because I bought a tinted etching by her yesterday - mainly because the blind stamp which states 'Artist's proof' , but which also said 'Rembrandt Guild' - which many of you will realise sold work designed by Anna Fogelberg and/or Tom Pitchford and made by Thomas Webb.

Rembrandt Guild was a gallery based on a first floor of Daimler House, Paradise Street, Birmingham. They specialised in fine art, framing, and accessories for the home (but not furniture).

Apart from sending me to

.........the usual "pay us money and we will sell you information" web sites

it has only sent me here, however I have gleaned the following from the University of Aberystwyth as well:

Alice Barnwell
Born: 1910   Died: 1980

Painter and printmaker. Barnwell lived and worked at Lickey, North Worcestershire, but exhibited widely including the Royal Academy, the Royal Cambrian Academy and the Royal Hibernian Academy. A diverse artist, she was best known for her detailed watercolours and colour etchings of landscapes and animals. She could also turn her hand to glass engraving and produced a number of pictorial designs for marquetry for the cabinetmaker Oliver Morel (1916-2003)

Nigel

[carolglass]

Dear Nigel- many thanks for the further information on Alice Barnwell. It is kind of you to pass it on. regards from a chilly autumn sliding into winter Napier.

[nigel benson]

My pleasure Carol. Hmmm, the weather's much like that here in the UK at the moment!!

Nigel