Wally Gilbert: Crosses, ciborium and baptismal shell
Title: Crosses, ciborium and baptismal shell
Artist: Wally Gilbert (b. 1946, British)
Location: St Mary’s, Alderley (C of E)
Date: 2013
Wally Gilbert has made two silver crosses for St Mary’s, one an altar cross and the other a processional cross. They are identical except that the altar cross has embellishment in gold. Gilbert also made a ciborium and baptismal shell for the church.
Wally Gilbert (b. 1946, British) studied at the West Sussex School of Art & Design and Chelsea School of Art before working for Louis Osman. His work is distinctly reminiscent of the designs of the Art & Crafts movement. Gilbert works in a variety of precious metals as well as cast iron and aluminium. He was made a Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths in 1994.
Further Information
Medium: Silver
Permanent display
See Gilbert’s Crosses, ciborium and baptismal shell on the Ecclesiart map here.
Commissioner: PCC of St Mary’s, Alderley
Other artworks in churches by Wally Gilbert: Mace at Hereford Cathedral; designs for aumbry gates for St David’s Cathedral.
See more of Gilbert’s silver work here.