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| '''Margaret Sherratt Keys''' ({{nee}} '''Baines'''; after first marriage, '''Sherratt'''; after second marriage, '''Keys'''; 1856-1942) was a British-born American porcelain painter and the proprietor of Sherratt's China Art Store in ]<ref name="WhosWhoNationsCapital1926">{{cite book |title=Who's who in the Nation's Capital |year=1926 |publisher=Consolidated Publishing Company |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kUY2ttKq71wC&pg=PA328 |page=328 |chapter=KEYS, Margaret Jane Sherratt (Mrs.) |access-date=10 December 2024 |language=en}} {{Source-attribution}}</ref> | '''Margaret Sherratt Keys''' ({{nee}} '''Baines'''; after first marriage, '''Sherratt'''; after second marriage, '''Keys'''; 1856-1942) was a British-born American porcelain painter and the proprietor of Sherratt's China Art Store in ]<ref name="WhosWhoNationsCapital1926">{{cite book |title=Who's who in the Nation's Capital |year=1926 |publisher=Consolidated Publishing Company |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kUY2ttKq71wC&pg=PA328 |page=328 |chapter=KEYS, Margaret Jane Sherratt (Mrs.) |access-date=10 December 2024 |language=en}} {{Source-attribution}}</ref> She was an examplar in the art of china painting and its many kindred phases.<ref name="WaPo1907">{{cite news |title=Merited Renown in Hand China Painting. Mrs. Margaret Sherratt. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-washington-post-merited-renown-in-ha/160626370/ |access-date=10 December 2024 |work=The Washington Post |via=] |date=24 February 1907 |page=n.p. |language=en}} {{Source-attribution}}</ref> | ||
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| She came to to the U.S. in 1879. She lived in ], ], and ]<ref name="EveningStar1942" /> before becoming to Washington, D.C. in 1889, with her first husband, Samuel Sherratt.<ref name="WhosWhoNationsCapital1926" /><ref name="WhosWhoNationsCapital1926" /> | She came to to the U.S. in 1879. She lived in ], ], and ]<ref name="EveningStar1942" /> before becoming to Washington, D.C. in 1889, with her first husband, Samuel Sherratt.<ref name="WhosWhoNationsCapital1926" /><ref name="WhosWhoNationsCapital1926" /> | ||
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Mr. and Mrs. Sherratt opened the first ] art store in Washington, D.C.<ref name="EveningStar1942" /> | ||
| In 1893, she attracted nation-wide attention in decorative art circles, by the work she exhibited in the ], ], ], and received their medal for best work in the line of decorated china.<ref name="WhosWhoNationsCapital1926" /> | |||
| Keys was a member of the Washington Chamber of Commerce.<ref name="WhosWhoNationsCapital1926" /> | Keys was a member of the Washington Chamber of Commerce.<ref name="WhosWhoNationsCapital1926" /> | ||
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Margaret Sherratt Keys (née Baines; after first marriage, Sherratt; after second marriage, Keys; 1856-1942) was a British-born American porcelain painter and the proprietor of Sherratt's China Art Store in Washington, D.C. She was an examplar in the art of china painting and its many kindred phases.
Early life and education
Margaret Baines was born in Longton, England. Her parents were Joseph and Hannah (Johnson) Baines.
Keys was educated at private school at Longton.
Career
She came to to the U.S. in 1879. She lived in Wheeling, West Virginia, East Liverpool, Ohio, and Trenton, New Jersey before becoming to Washington, D.C. in 1889, with her first husband, Samuel Sherratt.
Mr. and Mrs. Sherratt opened the first porcelain art store in Washington, D.C.
In 1893, she attracted nation-wide attention in decorative art circles, by the work she exhibited in the Woman's Department, Columbian Exposition, Chicago, and received their medal for best work in the line of decorated china.
Keys was a member of the Washington Chamber of Commerce.
Personal life
Her first marriage was to Samuel Sherratt (died 1903); the second was to Marion H. Keys.
Margaret Keys died in Washington, D.C. on October 13, 1942; interment was in Rock Creek Cemetery.
References
- ^ "KEYS, Margaret Jane Sherratt (Mrs.)". Who's who in the Nation's Capital. Consolidated Publishing Company. 1926. p. 328. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- "Merited Renown in Hand China Painting. Mrs. Margaret Sherratt". The Washington Post. 24 February 1907. p. n.p. Retrieved 10 December 2024 – via Newspapers.com. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "Mrs. Margaret Keys Dies; China Art Store Owner". Evening Star. 15 October 1942. p. 6. Retrieved 10 December 2024 – via Newspapers.com.