DOI issue:
No. 186 (September 1912)
DOI article:Studio-talk
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20778#0315
Studio-Talk
effected by the natural results of the
kiln firing. The Ruskin pottery pro-
duced by Howson Taylor is well
known for its graceful forms and
varied colouring, and there was a good
assortment of this beautiful ware,
admirably displayed in the section of
and Spanish tiles were to be seen the pro-
totypes of later attempts of revival of the
potter’s art and lustre ware by De Morgan
(many beautiful specimens of whose work claimed
our attention). _
In the Lancastrian lustre pottery of Messrs.
Pilkington, of Clifton Junction, Manchester,
we saw many designs by Walter Crane, Forsyth,
and others, rendered in charmingly blended
colourings, modified under conditions more or
less controllable by manipulation, but often
LANCASTRIAN POTTERY TAZZA DESIGNED AND
PAINTED BY G. M. FORSYTH
LANCASTRIAN POTTERY VASE DESIGNED BY WTALTER
CRANE, PAINTED BY W. S. MYCOCK
STATIONERY BOX IN EBONY INLAID WITH MOTHER-OF-PEARL
BY E. W. GIMSON
the Clarion Guild, in which was in-
cluded a good collection of handicraft
in all branches, successfully organised
by Mrs. Julia Dawson.
An interesting collection of pottery,
panels and friezes abundantly proved
the especial adaptability of Della
Robbia ware to architectural decora-
tion. Almost the only applied art
industry in the locality, it was carried
on under the direction of Mr. Harold
Rathbone, manfully struggling for
many years through good and ill
success, and now that its production
has ceased it seems scarcely creditable
to a wealthy community that work
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effected by the natural results of the
kiln firing. The Ruskin pottery pro-
duced by Howson Taylor is well
known for its graceful forms and
varied colouring, and there was a good
assortment of this beautiful ware,
admirably displayed in the section of
and Spanish tiles were to be seen the pro-
totypes of later attempts of revival of the
potter’s art and lustre ware by De Morgan
(many beautiful specimens of whose work claimed
our attention). _
In the Lancastrian lustre pottery of Messrs.
Pilkington, of Clifton Junction, Manchester,
we saw many designs by Walter Crane, Forsyth,
and others, rendered in charmingly blended
colourings, modified under conditions more or
less controllable by manipulation, but often
LANCASTRIAN POTTERY TAZZA DESIGNED AND
PAINTED BY G. M. FORSYTH
LANCASTRIAN POTTERY VASE DESIGNED BY WTALTER
CRANE, PAINTED BY W. S. MYCOCK
STATIONERY BOX IN EBONY INLAID WITH MOTHER-OF-PEARL
BY E. W. GIMSON
the Clarion Guild, in which was in-
cluded a good collection of handicraft
in all branches, successfully organised
by Mrs. Julia Dawson.
An interesting collection of pottery,
panels and friezes abundantly proved
the especial adaptability of Della
Robbia ware to architectural decora-
tion. Almost the only applied art
industry in the locality, it was carried
on under the direction of Mr. Harold
Rathbone, manfully struggling for
many years through good and ill
success, and now that its production
has ceased it seems scarcely creditable
to a wealthy community that work
292