Description
A Bromsgrove Guild bronze medallic roundel, by Walter Henry Gilbert (1871-1946), a diaphanous maiden, perhaps Peace, enthroned and holding a palm branch, her headdress and robe supported by Putti, set in alabaster plinth, and a uniface bronze medallic roundel of the Nativity inscribed Bromsgrove Guild 7.6cm. diam.
Walter Gilbert was a cousin of Sir Alfred Gilbert. He founded the Bromsgrove Guild in November 1898 on the principles of the Arts and Crafts movement.
Literature
Annette Carruthers & Mary Greensted Simplicity or Splendour, Cheltenham Museum, page 126 catalogue number 103 for an identical roundel.
