Design Reform & The Aesthetic Movement

19th-century Design Reform laid the theoretical foundation for designers and artisans still relevant today. Its greatest legacy being the network of Schools of Design which today form the backbone of British Schools and Colleges of Art.

Powell & Sons (Whitefriars) Lotus Flower Glass Bowl

Antique Ruskin Pottery High Lustre Vase 1918

Monart Dark-Purple & Mauve Glass Vase with Gold Inclusions c1930

Large Art Nouveau Blue Opalescent Glass Charger with Waterlilies

Carrara Marble & Gilt Four Glass Mantle Clock. Japy & Cie c1880

Etling Art Deco Large Etched Obsidian Black Glass Vase

Liberty and Tudric History

The Arts & Crafts Movement

Royal Lancastrian Art Deco Vase by W S Mycock 1930

Large Japanese Meiji Period Kutani Signed Vase c1895

Pair of Doulton Lambeth Vases With Griffins by Frank Butler

Burmantofts Faience Art Pottery Baluster Vase c1890

Who Was the Romantic St Valentine !?!

Christopher Dresser - A Designer Ahead of His Time.

Linthorpe Pottery Drip-Glazed Biscuit Barrel c1885