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.

Large Japanese Meiji Period Kutani Signed Vase c1895

Bretby Pottery Aesthetic Style Jug c1910s

Etling History

Orivit History

Ruskin Pottery History

Tall Linthorpe Pottery Twin Handle Drip-Glaze Vase c1885

History of the Dressing Case

Large Linthorpe Pottery Blue-Green Drip Glazed Vase c1885

Pair of Doulton Art Nouveau Vases by Eliza Simmance c1891

Who Was the Romantic St Valentine !?!

Large Bretby Secessionist Twin Handled Art Vase c1920