The Bromsgrove Guild of Applied Arts (1898–1966) was a company of

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ists and designers associated with the Arts and Crafts Movement, founded by Walter Gilbert. The guild worked in metal, wood, plaster, bronze, tapestry, glass and other mediums. The Guild received a Royal Warrant in 1908. The Guild's most famous works on public display are the main gates of

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and the

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both part of Sir Aston Webb's memorial scheme to Queen Victoria. Unlike many other Arts & Crafts companies that faded away after a few decades, for instance Morris & Co, the

Bromsgrove Bromsgrove is a town in Worcestershire, England, about northeast of Worcester and southwest of Birmingham city centre. It had a population of 29,237 in 2001 (39,644 in the wider Bromsgrove/Catshill urban area). Bromsgrove is the main town in the ...

Guild survived until after World War II.

Famous works

* Liver birds, Royal Liver Building, Liverpool * Trim on the * Trim on the * The statue of Hygieia at

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* Plasterwork at Averley, Glasgow. * Plasterwork at the Central Station Hotel, Glasgow. * Stained Glass at Stoneleigh, Glasgow. * The gates and sculpture at the

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. * Trim on the Cunard War Memorial, Liverpool. * English altar and rails

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. * Various items at Holy Trinity Church, Southport. * Chancel gates and

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in Liverpool Cathedral * Items at Church of the Holy Trinity and St Mary, Dodford, Worcestershire * The main gates of

* Terpsichore on the facade of the Fortune Theatre * The mosaic in the pedimented gable at 50 Anlaby Road, Hull * Choir Stalls at All Saints Cathedral, Halifax

Notes

Sources

*{{cite journal , last1=Wells , first1=Griffith T. , title=Sculpture in the garden: Some interesting work by the Bromsgrove Guild, of Worcestershire, England , journal=Arts & Decoration , date=May 1912 , volume=2 , issue=7 , pages=260–261 , jstor=43799690 19th-century art groups Arts and Crafts movement