Frederick James Partridge

Frederick James Partridge (c.1877-1946) (known as Fred Partridge, works signed "FJP") was an English jeweller, silversmith and teacher of jewellery making, active circa 1901–1930.[1] His works are in the Art Nouveau style. He has been called the "British René Lalique".[2]

Origins

He was born in Barnstaple, North Devon, the son of David Partridge (a pharmacist) and his wife Mary Ann Hunt.[3] His elder sister Ethel Mairet (1872-1952) (née Partridge)[4] was a notable weaver, textile designer and dyer who wrote several books on hand-weaving.[1]

Career

He studied at Birmingham Municipal School of Art[5] where he shared lodgings with Henry Payne, painter and stained glass designer. After two years (c.1907-9) teaching at the Camberwell School of Art[6] in London and spending time at the Barnstaple Guild of Metalwork[7] and at the Guild and School of Handicraft in Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire (established as a community of artists and craftspeople by the arts and crafts architect Charles Robert Ashbee), where his sister Ethel also studied,[8] he established himself as an artist and art jeweller, at some time before 1911[1] and worked from a studio in Dean Street,[7] London. Amongst his clients was the department store Liberty & Co[7] in Regent Street, London.

Marriage

His wife, May Hart Partridge (born c.1881 in Harborne, Staffordshire - died 1917), was an art enameller who studied at the Birmingham School of Art.[9] She was "the most notorious pupil of Arthur Gaskin".[10] Her works are mainly in the Arts and Crafts style. She later worked at London County Council schools and at home.[11][1][10]

Works

Two of Fred Partridge's works from 1928 are in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, a brooch (M.14-1976) and a ring (M.15-1976), the latter of silver set with a baguette amethyst, made for his daughter Joan.[12] A brooch (c.1930) (1981M400) is in the Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery.[1]

References
  1. Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011, Frederick James Partridge
  2. https://www.tademagallery.com/jewellery/d/art-nouveau-buckle/206285
  3. "Ethel Mairet". Brighton University. Archived from the original on August 1, 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  4. She married firstly Ananda K Coomeraswamy, secondly Philip Mairet
  5. https://www.langantiques.com/university/mark/partridge-frederick-james/
  6. Listed as a teacher of day classes in jewellery design and making, and of evening classes in jewellery making
  7. Bonhams, 2019, An enamel and mother-of-pearl necklace, by Frederick James Partridge, circa 1905
  8. "C R Ashbee". Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum. Archived from the original on 26 October 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  9. https://www.wmgallery.org.uk/collection/themes/arts-and-crafts/object/enamel-plaque-l24b-c-1904
  10. For career of Mary Hart Partridge see: Toni Lesser Wolf, Women Jewelers of the British Arts and Crafts Movement, Journal of Decorative and Propaganda Arts, Vol. 14 (Autumn, 1989), pp. 28-45
  11. Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911 'Artist & Art Jeweller' working on own account, his wife May is an 'Art enameller' working at 'LCC and other Schools', also working at home
  12. https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O118176/ring-partridge-fred/
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