Kate Eadie
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Kate Muriel Mason Eadie RMS ARBSA | |
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| Born | 4 May 1880 Harborne, Birmingham, England |
| Died | 8 November 1945 (aged 65) Alcester, Warwickshire, England |
| Education | Birmingham School of Art |
| Occupations | Jeweller, stained-glass designer |
| Style | Arts and Crafts |
| Spouse | |
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, [citation needed] and with Meteyard.
She died on 8 November 1945.[8][9] She is buried in Brandwood End Cemetery, Birmingham.
