LY O N & T U R N B U L L Decorative Arts
222§ FG78/4 BERNARD DEAN WALMSLEY [1893-1985] AND BEATRICE WALMSLEY [1884-1966] THREE CARTOONS & A DESIGN FOR STAINED GLASS, CIRCA 1920 CARTOON OF NUNC DIMITTIS, signed, 104cm x 71cm; CARTOON OF ST PAULINUS WITH MAIDEN, unsigned, 137cm x 61cm; a CARTOON OF A SAINT WITH YOUNG GIRL, unsigned, 137cm x 61cm; and DESIGNS FOR ROYAL COAT OF ARMS, SAMLESBURY HALL, LANCS, signed, 48cm x 30cm (4) Note: Bernard Dean Walmsley was born in 1893 in Blackburn, the son of Luke Slater Walmsley, art dealer, carver & gilder. He served in the RAMC from Oct 1915 to Feb 1919 when he was discharged on medical grounds [asthma] with the rank of acting corporal. He subsequently entered into partnership with Arthur Todd, trading as Designers and Craftsmen from an address in Wood Street, St Annes on Sea, Lancs. In March 1922 this partnership was dissolved, he married Beatrice Partington, daughter of Harold Partington, carver & gilder, and continued, as an artist and craftsman in stained glass, at the same address. In the late 1920s he moved with his wife to Chapel Stile in Langdale, Cumberland, where they continued the stained glass work at their
newly-established St Anne’s Studio. They also designed vases and plaques which were made by the firm of Hartley Wood & Co in Sunderland. Examples of their stained glass may be found at Samlesbury Hall, Lancs [Royal Coats of Arms], Holy Trinity Church, Langdale, Cumbria [St Francis, ca 1937], Blackburn Grammar School, Lancs [seven windows, ca 1926], St Mary’s Church, Ambleside, Cumbria [Mary the Virgin/ St Anne] and Kirkham United Reform Church, Lancs [Adoration of The Magi]. Beatrice Walmsley died in 1966, aged 82 years, and Bernard Dean Walmsley in 1985, aged 92 years.
£300-400 223 FG78/5 JOHN CHARLES BEWSEY (1881-1940) DESIGN FOR EAST WINDOW OF ST MARKS CHURCH, HARLESDEN watercolour, signed, in original mount with inscription and original trade labels
224 FG85/1 SCOTTISH SCHOOL SET OF THREE ETCHED GLASS WINDOWS, 1940S etched with a girl and cocktail shaker; men playing dominoes; and a man with dartboard and pint (3) each 59cm high
£300-500 225 FG85/2 SCOTTISH SCHOOL PAIR OF ‘BELHAVEN ALES’ GLASS WINDOWS, 1940S each etched with inscription BELHAVEN ALES/ TRADE MARK/ DUDGEON & CO. LTD./ DUNBAR/ EST. 1719 (2) each 57.5cm high
£200-300 226-228 No lots
74cm x 44.5cm Note: John Charles Bewsey [1881-1940] was a pupil of Charles Kempe and was associated with Shrigley & Hunt from 1904-1908. Subsequently he worked from his own studio in London. This design was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1920, catalogue number 1283.
£200-300
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