Kate Eadie

Kate Muriel Mason Eadie
RMS ARBSA
Born(1880-05-04)4 May 1880
Died8 November 1945(1945-11-08) (aged 65)
EducationBirmingham School of Art
OccupationsJeweller, stained-glass designer
StyleArts and Crafts
Spouse
(m. 1940)

Kate Muriel Mason Eadie RMS ARBSA (4 May 1880[1] – 8 November 1945) was a British jeweller[2] and craftswoman[3] in Birmingham, working in the Arts and Crafts style.[2]

Eadie was born to Richard William Eadie (1851–1920) and Fanny Sophia Eadie, née Mason (1857–1938). 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 the drawing Jasmine.[6] They worked together on stained glass.[7]

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] She is buried in Brandwood End Cemetery, Birmingham.

References

  1. ^ 1939 England and Wales Register
  2. ^ a b c d "Miss Kate Muriel Mason Eadie". Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851–1951. University of Glasgow. 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  3. ^ a b "University of Birmingham". Antiques Roadshow. Series 23. Episode 12. 2000. BBC. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  4. ^ a b "Kate Eadie Arts and Crafts Suffragette Necklace Amethyst Silver and Enamel". Collectors Weekly. 2012. Archived from the original on 19 February 2024. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  5. ^ a b c "An Arts and Crafts citrine necklace by Kate Eadie". Bonhams. 2 November 2010. Retrieved 29 January 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  6. ^ "Jasmine by Sidney Harold Meteyard". Victorian Web. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
  7. ^ Ripley, Paul (7 April 1947). "Obituary of Sidney Harold Meteyard". The Birmingham Post. Archived from the original on 20 June 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2024 – via Art Renewal Center.
  8. ^ England & Wales, National Probate Calendar 1946
  9. ^ "A silver Arts & Crafts moonstone pendant". Sworders. Retrieved 2 February 2013. A silver Arts & Crafts moonstone pendant attributed to Kate Eadie, c.1910...{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)