Sculptor in stone, metal and terracotta, potter and black-and-white artist who early on exhibited under her maiden name Phoebe McLeish. She was educated at Liverpool University and, having won a travelling scholarship, attended Royal College of Art under Richard Garbe, Édouard Lantéri and Augustus John. Exhibited widely, including RA, Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, SWA, Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool and RMS and was a fellow of RBS. In 1906 married the artist Harold Stabler. Phoebe developed a series of pottery figures with rich glazes, first fired at a commercial pottery, then in a kiln in their London garden. Royal Worcester, Royal Doulton and especially Poole Pottery in Dorset produced the figures. Phoebe was also involved in war memorials for Durban and Rugby School, garden sculpture for the Paris Exhibition and a fountain for the Bank of England.