List of works by Walter Gilbert

This List of works by Walter Gilbert includes the works of Walter Gilbert alone and those done in collaboration with other individuals such as Louis Weingartner, both with the Bromsgrove Guild and H.H. Martyn & Co. of Cheltenham. He also worked with his son, Donald Gilbert, and H. H. Martyn.

Early works

WorkImageLocationNotes and ReferencesPair of Fire DogsWhereabouts unknownThis wrought iron work was exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery's Spring Exhibition of 1902.Fire Dogs Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851–1951. Retrieved 29 August 2012.Bronze Door KnockerWhereabouts unknownThis door knocker in bronze was exhibited at the Leeds City Art Gallery's Spring Exhibition in 1906.Door Knocker Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851–1951. Retrieved 29 August 2012.Unitarian Memorial ChurchWallasey, MerseysideGilbert designed and made some hanging lamps for this church in Liscard near Wallasey in 1899.Corona Light FittingsVienna, AustriaGilbert designed some light fittings for the Paris Exhibition of 1900. These are now in the Osterreichisches Museum für Angewandte Kunst in Vienne.

With Louis Weingartner and the Bromsgrove Guild

WorkImageLocationNotes and ReferencesBuckingham Palace gatesBuckingham Palace, LondonFrom 1905 to 1911, The Bromsgrove Guild and Walter Gilbert were commissioned to design and manufacture a Royal Coat of Arms for the Buckingham Palace Gates and embellishments for The Great Gates of Canada and the Australian Screens all opposite the Victoria Memorial, as well as lamps for the Palace gates.Buckingham Palace Public Sculpture of Sussex' Retrieved 29 August 2012.Moreton Hall, WarwickshireMoreton Morrell, WarwickshireA centaur handrail made for this house was destroyed by fire in 1908.Trowel, Level and MalletWhereabouts unknownIn 1907 Gilbert designed and had manufactured a trowel, level and mallet to be used for the ceremony of laying the foundation stone for the Edward VII Galleries at the British Museum.British MuseumLondonThe lift enclosure for the British Museum Extension (Edward VII Galleries) dates from around 1907. The enclosure features the Royal Coats of Arms. This work was arranged by Walter Gilbert in association with The Bromsgrove Guild.Lyons's Restaurant at the Franco-British Exhibition at Shepherd's Bush. London Whereabouts unknown, thought destroyed.Plaster enrichment for a Lyon's Restaurant. Vessel sunk 7 May 1915In 1908 Gilbert designed and had manufactured two reliefs as interior fittings for the Cunard liner, RMS Lusitania. One was entitled "The music of the sea and of the winds" and the other "Amorini upsetting the emblems of time"."The Vines Public House"Lime Street, LiverpoolGilbert carried out plasterwork for the smoke-room of this public house in 1908. The theme was "Harvest". Warwickshire College of AgricultureMoreton Morrell, StaffordshireWalter worked on a fountain for Moreton Hall, now the Warwickshire College of Agriculture. Battle of Jutland MedalGreenwich, Outer LondonFor the British Museum, Gilbert worked on the 1916 bronze Battle of Jutland Medal. This is held in the collection of the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich. The medal, which featured busts of Admirals John Jellicoe and David Beatty, was produced in response to a competition conceived by Sir Arthur Evans for a medal to commemorate the Battle of Jutland of 1916. Gilbert designed the obverse around the busts of Admirals Jellicoe and Beatty and the reverse is by Charles Wheeler. Gilbert's medal came third. The Royal Numismatic Society arranged for the three winning models to be struck in bronze.Welbeck AbbeyWelbeck, NottinghamshireIn around 1926 and working with Weingartner, Gilbert executed two wall plaques for the chapel of Welbeck Abbey near Worksop. One was entitled "Grieving Mother" and the second "Mourning Knight".

With Donald Gilbert and Martyns of Cheltenham WorkImageLocationNotes and ReferencesDerry and Toms High Street, Kensington, London A total of 38 grilles, of varying sizes, were made for what was originally the Derry and Toms department store, built 1929–31. Walter Gilbert designed several works which were then modelled by Donald Gilbert. Casting by H. H. Martyn of Cheltenham.Unilever HouseNew Bridge Street, LondonGilbert executed some side gates and lamp pillars in 1931 to 1932. The work was modelled by Walter Gilbert in association with Donald Gilbert and cast in the foundry of H. H. Martyn of Cheltenham.London Chamber of CommerceCannon Street, LondonGilbert executed the panels on either side of the entrance to the Chamber of Commerce in 1934. There was also some interior work carried out but this is no longer extant. The left panel depicts a sickle with wheat-sheaf, a Coat of Arms and two cogs. The right panel has a hand holding a telephone, ledgers, a sealed scroll, another coat of arms and bales.British General Insurance Co.buildingCheapside, LondonThe work done on this building no longer exists.Now at Long Beach in CaliforniaGilbert was commissioned to make a work in bronze for the RMS Queen Mary which is now at Long Beach, California. He created the door to the private dining room, two hinged doors for the first class restaurant (each with the decorated handles on the restaurant side), and a set of two sliding doors, with four depictions of "The Elements".Anglo-American Corporation BuildingJohannesburg, South AfricaGilbert designed and had made the bronze doors of the head office of the Anglo-American Corporation of South Africa, 44 Main Street, Johannesburg, South Africa in 1938. The reliefs on the door depict scenes relating to commerce, agriculture and fruit-farming, all industries of South Africa. Walter Gilbert was responsible for the design, the modelling was by his son Donald Gilbert and the metalwork executed by H. H. Martyn's of Cheltenham.St Andrew's HouseCalton Hill, Edinburgh, LothianSt. Andrew's House, South of Regent Road, Edinburgh was in 1938 the principal department of the Scottish Office and Gilbert designed the bronze doors to the building, the modelling being carried out by his son Donald Gilbert. Bronze casting of the door was by H. H. Martyn of Cheltenham.Kingston GuildhallKingston upon Thames, SurreyIn 1935 Gilbert sculpted some reliefs for the Kingston Guildhall.Guildhall Kingston Kingston Guildhall VADS. Retrieved 29 August 2012.Ralph Slazenger TrustAlbemarle Street LondonDoors, screen and showcases were made for The Ralph Slazenger Trust building, London in about 1936. The works were designed by Walter Gilbert, modelled by Donald Gilbert, and made by the foundry H. H. Martyn of Cheltenham.Neptune FountainKansas City, United States of AmericaThe fountain is located on 47th Street at The Plaza, Kansas City, Missouri.Selfridges StoreOxford Street, LondonLamp-stands at the entrance to Selfridges, Oxford Street, London were made in 1928. The modelling was by Walter Gilbert and the metal casting by H. H. Martyn of Cheltenham.University Of Glasgow ChapelGlasgow, ScotlandThe figures carved on the pulpit in the memorial chapel represent four Scottish saints: St Margaret, St Columba, St Bride and St Oran. The symbols associated with these saints also appear: book, dove, lamp and the Celtic cell. There is a figure on the newel-post of the pulpit stair representing the Sower who sows "the seed of the Word".Glasgow Chapel The Glasgow Story. Retrieved 29 August 2012. Photograph of newel post shown courtesy Sam Maddra.George VI and Queen Elizabeth Coronation MedallionIn 1937 Gilbert worked on this commemorative medal. The obverse of the medallion was designed by Donald Gilbert and the reverse by Walter Gilbert, monogrammed respectively.Pan and the Nymphs FountainKansas CityThis work was originally at Moreton Paddox, Kineton, Warwickshire, England. Next moved to East 47th Street, Kansas City, Missouri. It is 14 ft. long, 13 ft. high, 9 ft. 9 ins. wide. This 10,000-pound lead sculpture was purchased by the Nichols Company in 1960 and found its current home in 1969 in the centre of Chandler Court.CornhillCornhill, LondonGilbert designed a pair of carved mahogany doors for Cornhill Insurance Group's London Headquarters at the time. Cornhill is a thriving commercial thoroughfare in the financial centre of London. The reliefs were modelled in clay and the carvings were then carried out by B.P Arnold at H. H. Martyn & Co Ltd of Cheltenham.Cornhill Spitalfields Life. Retrieved 29 August 2012.

War memorials

With Louis Weingartner and Bromsgrove Guild WorkImageLocationNotes and ReferencesWest Jesmond Presbyterians- WW1 MemorialWest Jesmond, Tyne and WearThis memorial in the Jesmond United Reformed Church in Newcastle, Northumberland, features various bronze figures. There is a soldier and a kneeling nurse, then a depiction of St George, then Christ on the cross with two angels kneeling at his feet, then St Michael and finally a sailor and a seated mother and child. There are twisted pilasters separating these figures and at the top of each column is an angel and at the bottom the head of a cherub. The inscription reads "NO MAN LIVETH UNTO HIMSELF / NO MAN DIETH UNTO HIMSELF / (NAMES) / 1914 – 1919"25 names are listed.West Jesmond Presbyterians-WW1 UKNIWM. Retrieved 29 August 2012.Birmingham Conservative Club War Memorial Present whereabouts unknown Before 1926, Gilbert executed a war memorial for this club which was located at the Winston Churchill House in Birmingham.Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical UnknownTwo lanterns were designed and made for this building.Liverpool Anglican CathedralLiverpool, MerseysideThe sandstone memorial to the 55th (West Lancashire) Division, is located above the arch which supports the west gallery in the south arm of the eastern transept. A winged Angel holding a cross holds a crown over a kneeling soldier and a carved scroll is flanked by two carved roses. The whole sculptured group is positioned under a canopy which rests on a slightly projecting corbel table, the corbels representing the tracks of tanks. The memorial is flanked by a Union Flag and the flag of the Division. Weingartner and Gilbert designed the memorial and the sculptural work was done by W. Meadows. The ashes of Lieutenant-General Sir Hugh Jeudwine who commanded the division from its formation in 1916 until the end of the war rest at the back of the memorial. The inscription reads "THEY WIN OR DIE / WHO WEAR THE ROSE OF LANCASTER / FIFTY FIFTH DIVISION"55th West Lancashire Division UKNIWM. Retrieved 29 August 2012.Tamworth General Hospital. War Memorial Tablet.Tamworth, StaffordshireThe war memorial tablet was inscribed "THEY WHOM THIS HALL / COMMEMORATES WERE / NUMBERED AMONG THOSE / WHO AT THE CALL OF KING / AND COUNTRY LEFT ALL THAT / WAS DEAR TO THEM, ENDURED / HARDNESS, FACED DANGER, & FINALLY PASSED OUT OF THE / SIGHT OF MEN BY THE / PATH OF DUTY AND SELF- / SACRIFICE, GIVING UP THEIR LIVES THAT OTHERS / MIGHT LIVE IN FREEDOM. / LET THOSE THAT COME AFTER SEE TO IT THAT THEIR NAME BE NOT FORGOTTEN"and the two plaques on either side read "THESE WALLS RECORD THE NAMES OF 608 MEN / OF TAMWORTH AND NEIGHBOURHOOD WHO / GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR OF 1914–1918 / NAMES UNDER EACH DISTRICT IN TAMWORTH"