English sculptor, goldsmith, archaeologist, conservator, author, and authority on ancient metalwork
Herbert Maryon
OBE FSA FIIC
With his reconstruction of the Sutton Hoo helmet, c. 1951. The image to Maryon's left depicts the helmet from Vendel14; that on his right shows plate1 from Greta Arwidsson's 1942 work on Valsgärde6, and depicts the helmet from said grave.
Born
(1874-03-09)9 March 1874
London, England
Died
14 July 1965(1965-07-14) (aged 91)
Edinburgh, Scotland
Nationality
English
Education
Central School of Arts and Crafts
Occupation(s)
Sculptor, metalsmith, conservator-restorer
Relatives
John, Edith, George, Mildred, Violet (siblings)
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Herbert James MaryonOBE FSA FIIC (9 March 1874 – 14 July 1965) was an English sculptor, conservator, goldsmith, archaeologist and authority on ancient metalwork. Maryon practiced and taught sculpture until retiring in 1939, then worked as a conservator with the British Museum from 1944 to 1961. He is best known for his work on the Sutton Hoo ship-burial, which led to his appointment as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
By the time of his mid-twenties Maryon attended three art schools, apprenticed in silversmithing with C. R. Ashbee, and worked in Henry Wilson's workshop. From 1900 to 1904 he served as the director of the Keswick School of Industrial Art, where he designed numerous Arts and Crafts works. After moving to the University of Reading and then Durham University, he taught sculpture, metalwork, modelling, casting, and anatomy until 1939. He also designed the University of Reading War Memorial, among other commissions. Maryon published two books while teaching, including Metalwork and Enamelling, and many articles. He frequently led archaeological digs, and in 1935 discovered one of the oldest gold ornaments known in Britain while excavating the Kirkhaugh cairns.
In 1944 Maryon was brought out of retirement to work in the Sutton Hoo finds. His responsibilities included restoring the shield, the drinking horns, and the iconic Sutton Hoo helmet, which proved academically and culturally influential. Maryon's work, much of which was revised in the 1970s, created credible renderings upon which subsequent research relied; likewise, one of his papers coined the term pattern welding to describe a method employed on the Sutton Hoo sword to decorate and strengthen iron and steel. The initial work ended in 1950, and Maryon turned to other matters. He proposed a widely publicised theory in 1953 on the construction of the Colossus of Rhodes, influencing Salvador Dalí and others, and restored the Roman Emesa helmet in 1955. He left the museum in 1961, a year after his official retirement, and began an around-the-world trip lecturing and researching Chinese magic mirrors.
Herbert James Maryon OBE FSA FIIC (9 March 1874 – 14 July 1965) was an English sculptor, conservator, goldsmith, archaeologist and authority on ancient...
the Church of St Mary in Great Baddow, Essex, England. Designed by HerbertMaryon and installed in 1912, it originally commemorated Marianne Duffield...
The works of HerbertMaryon (1874–1965) were made in a variety of mediums. They were intended to be decorative, functional, or commemorative, and were...
Statue of Industry was a 1929 sculpture by the English artist HerbertMaryon. The 23-foot (7-metre) tall work depicted a woman with a model of Tyne-built...
The following is a substantially incomplete list of the works of Edith Maryon. "Camden School of Art". The Holloway & Hornsey Press. No. 1, 351. Holloway...
needed] The term 'pattern welding' was coined by English archaeologist HerbertMaryon in a 1948 paper: "The welding of these swords represents an excessively...
reconstructed by HerbertMaryon between 1945 and 1946. A retired professor of sculpture and an authority on early metalwork, Maryon was specially employed...
The University of Reading War Memorial is a clock tower, designed by HerbertMaryon and situated on the London Road Campus of the University of Reading...
as flowing the other way. The fragments were used in 1945–1946 by HerbertMaryon to produce the reconstructed helmet that was displayed at the Festival...
full-time head, Harold Stabler, was appointed, succeeded in 1900 by HerbertMaryon. The school was mainly financed from sales of its products, and continued...
Museum, where a final restoration was finished in 1955. This was done by HerbertMaryon, who in 1946 had reconstructed the Anglo-Saxon Sutton Hoo helmet. In...
Allan and Maitland suggested that the subject is in a "pensive mood". HerbertMaryon described its creation as a good example of a technique which began...
excavated over five days in 1935 by HerbertMaryon. Then master of sculpture at Durham University's Armstrong College, Maryon was interested in archaeology...
Bruce-Mitford, the technical attaché and authority on ancient metalwork HerbertMaryon, and the archaeologist and art historian Françoise Henry. In the hundred...
designated a Grade II listed building. The memorial was designed by HerbertMaryon, who taught sculpture at the University of Reading. It consists of a...
Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (1907). Maryon, Herbert (1948). "A Sword of the Nydam Type from Ely Fields Farm, near Ely"...
Society of Antiquaries of London. Volume XXXVI, 1978. 75–82 "Maryon (1971)": Maryon, Herbert. Metalwork and enamelling: a practical treatise on gold and...
Director Tenure HerbertMaryon March 1900–December 1904 Robert Hilton December 1904–November 1921 G. Atholl Weeks November 1921–January 1952 Thomas Hartley...
from the original on 9 December 2019. Retrieved 16 December 2019. Maryon, Herbert (1948). "A Sword of the Nydam Type from Ely Fields Farm, near Ely"...
Margrethe II of Denmark (b. 1940) Pamela Marshall Thomas Martin (1697–1771) HerbertMaryon, OBE, FIIC (1874–1965) Antti Matikkala (1979–2019) The Ven David Gwynne...
conclude. German Archaeological Institute at Athens established. March 9: HerbertMaryon, English sculptor, archaeologist and conservator (d. 1965) May 9: Howard...
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