Walter Gilbert was born in 1871. He was an English sculptor who studied at the Birmingham Municipal School of Art and the National Art Training School, now the Royal College of Art. He was also the founder of the Bromsgrove Guild in Birmingham in 1894 with a view to designing decorative ironwork. The Guild was also famously responsible for the altarpiece for Liverpool Cathedral and the bronze doors of Herbert Baker’s rebuilt Bank of England. Reference: Wikipedia and Sotheby’s.
He was renown for his architectural panels including those for the Bank of England, Liverpool Cathedral and the Derry and Toms Department Store in London. He died in 1946.
Below are some examples and price guides of work by Walter Gilbert including an elevator screen from the Derry and Toms Department Store and a plaque depicting Saint George and the Dragon
WALTER GILBERT (1871-1946) Elevator Screen 1933 for the Derry and Toms Department Store, Kensington High Street, London, patinated bronze
Sold for US$ 20,075 (£ 15,278) inc. premium at Bonham’s in 2019
Walter Gilbert Art Deco Bronze Relief Plaque Reputedly made for Derry & Toms Department Store, London, England Height 12 inches, width 65 inches.
Sold for $3,437 (includes buyer’s premium) at Doyle in 2017
Walter Gilbert for the Bromsgrove Guild, an Arts and Crafts bronze paperweight plaque, relief moulded in the Art Nouveau style, depicting a semi nude woman flanked by putti and festoons, Bromsgrove Guild Worcestershire England, set in a red marble base, 10cm diameter
Sold for £100 at Kingham & Orme in 2020
Walter Gilbert 1871-1946 BRITISH RELIEF WITH SAINT GEORGE VANQUISHING THE DRAGON marble with metal spear and bridle, on an ebonised wood stand diameter: 47cm., 18 1/2 in.
Sold for 32,500 GBP at Sotheby’s in 2013
