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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.
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, and became a resident of Washington, D.C. in 1889.
Keys organized with her first husband, Samuel Sherratt, one of the first china art stores in the nation's capital. 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.
- "Mrs. Margaret Keys Dies; China Art Store Owner". Evening Star. 15 October 1942. p. 6. Retrieved 10 December 2024 – via Newspapers.com.