Mary C. Knight
Mary C. Knight
American, 1875–1956, active 1905–c. 1927
12 Aug. 1875 born, Flushing, Long Island; daughter of Orray Taft & Mary C. (Hoppin) Knight, lived in Westboro, Massachusetts
'Mary Catherine Knight was a designer at Gorham and a former pupil of Mrs. Bennett's four year design course at Drexel Institute. She was appointed head of the Handicraft Shop in Boston when it opened in 1901....' Kurland-Zabar, Reflections: Arts & Crafts Metalwork in England & the US, NY 1990, p. 42.
1905
'Two years after joining The Handicraft Shop [which he did in 1903] George Christian Gebelein was first accorded recognition by a museum when, jointly with Miss Mary Knight, he submitted examples of his work in a group exhibit to the Art Institute of Chicago...' Leighton, Margaretha Gebelein, George Christian Gebelein: Boston Silversmith 1878-1945, Boston, 1976, p. 43.
1907 a spoon with her mark and dated 1907 published as a question in Silver, May-June 1986, p. 32
1908 shared a 'commendation' with George Gebelein for pieces exhibited by the Handicraft Society at Copley Hall; see Silver, March-April 1987 and Loynton, Gebelein, p. 48.
1927 active until at least this year; see Uhehla, Karen Evans, The Society of Arts and Crafts Boston Exhibition records 1897-1927.
23 Nov. 1956 died, Westboro, Mass.; buried Swan Point Cemetery
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