Kate Eadie

Kate Muriel Mason Eadie RMS ARBSA (4 May 1880 – 8 November 1945) was an English jeweller[2] and craftswoman[3] in Birmingham, working in the Arts and Crafts style.[2] In September 1940, she married the Birmingham Pre-Raphaelite painter Sidney Meteyard,[4][5] whom she met when she studied at Birmingham School of Art,[5] having modelled for many of his pictures,[4][5] including Jasmine.[6] They worked together on stained glass.[7]

Kate Muriel Mason Eadie RMS ARBSA
Born	4 May 1880[1] Harborne, Staffordshire, England
Died	8 November 1945 (aged 65) Alcester, Warwickshire, England
Occupation	Jeweller
Style	Arts and Crafts
Spouse(s)	Sidney Meteyard

A well as jewellery, she made larger items such as fire screens.[3]

In 1915, she was elected an associate of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists,[2] with whom she had exhibited a case of jewellery in 1908-1909, a processional cross in 1909, and another case of jewellery in 1911.[2]

At one time, she lived at The Malthouse, Evesham Road, Cookhill, Alcester, Warwickshire, with her sisters, and with Meteyard.

She died on 8 November 1945.[8][9]

References

1. 1939 England and Wales Register
2. "Miss Kate M. Eadie". Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951. University of Glasgow. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
3. "University of Birmingham". Antiques Roadshow. Series 23. Episode 12. 2000. BBC. Retrieved 2013-01-29.
4. "Kate Eadie Arts and Crafts Suffragette Necklace Amethyst Silver and Enamel". Collectors Weekly. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
5. "An Arts and Crafts citrine necklace by Kate Eadie Unmarked,". Bonhams. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
6. "Jasmine by Sidney Harold Meteyard". Retrieved 2 February 2013.
7. "Obituary (Sidney Harold Meteyard)". The Birmingham Post. 1947-04-07.
8. England & Wales, National Probate Calendar 1946
9. "A silver Arts & Crafts moonstone pendant attributed to Kate Eadie, c.1910..." Sworders. Retrieved 2 February 2013.

External links

• Jasmine, by Sidney Harold Meteyard