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Alice Waymouth

Alice Waymouth

New Zealand jeweler (1884–1963)

Alice Beatrice (Biddy) Waymouth (1884–1963) was a New Zealand metalworker and artist.[1] Her work is held in the collection of the Canterbury Museum, Christchurch.[2]

Biography

Waymouth was the daughter of Frederick and Alice Waymouth, and had a sister Eleanor who also became a notable artist.[1] Her parents built a homestead named Karewa in Fendalton, Christchurch in 1899-1890, where Waymouth grew up.[3] The property was sold and renamed in 1905 and became the historic place known as Mona Vale.[4]

Waymouth trained as an art metalworker and enameller. She travelled to England around 1905 or 1906 and studied at Charles Robert Ashbee's Guild of Handicraft in Chipping Campden.[5]

Waymouth exhibited and sold work in the 1906–1907 New Zealand International Exhibition held in Christchurch.[4]

In 1911 she visited England again and met and married the brother-in-law of her sister Eleanor, J.C. Hughes.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "Waymouth, Alice Beatrice, 1884–1963". Waymouth, Alice Beatrice, 1884–1963 | Items | National Library of New Zealand | National Library of New Zealand. 1 January 1884. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  2. [2]
    "Vase". Canterbury Museum Collection Online. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  3. [3]
    Interactive (https://www.nvinteractive.com), N. V. "Our Story". Mona Vale Homestead & Pantry. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  4. [4]
    Calhoun, Ann (2000). The Arts & Crafts Movement in New Zealand, 1870–1940: Women Make Their Mark. Auckland: Auckland University Press. pp. 93–94.
  5. [5]
    "Bonhams : An enamel pendant by Alice Beatrice Waymouth The enamel panel monogrammed,". www.bonhams.com. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
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