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Keswick School of Industrial Art was established c1883/84 by Edith Rawnsley the wife Cannon Rawnsley of National Trust fame. The school produced works in copper, brass, silver, pewter, stainless steel and wood. All sort of items were made including trays, dishes, trivets, jardinières, fire screens to name a few. They employed influential designers such as Harold Stabler (Poole Pottery) and W H Mawson the son of the famous landscape garden designer Thomas. For an enterprise rooted in the Arts and Crafts tradition associated with John Ruskin they managed to survive until 1984. With a continuing Arts and Crafts presence in the form of Lakeland Rural Industries (LRI) |
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Several Mark were used all were variant on the school initials KSIA either in a diamond or in line on smaller items such as napkin rings. |
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In addition to the school itself metal work was produced by ex pupils such as W H Mawson and item marked Morecombe HEC (higher education class) have more than a passing resemblance to school forms. |
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