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.

Pair of Minton Secessionist Tubeline Decorated Vases c1900

Minton Secessionist Ware Tubeline Decorated Vase c1905

Design Reform & The Aesthetic Movement

Pilkington's Royal Lancastrian Vase by William S Mycock 1931

Large Art Deco Opalescent Glass Charger by Etling c1930s

The Arts & Crafts Movement

Christopher Dresser Linthorpe Pottery Vase by Henry Tooth c1880

Pilkington's Royal Lancastrian Orange-Vermilion Bowl 1930s

Ruskin Pottery Crystalline Drip-Glazed Bowl 1927

Doulton Lambeth Stoneware Vase by Louise E Edwards 1878

Design Reform & The Aesthetic Movement

Spotlight on Art Nouveau

James Powell & Sons Blue Opaline Striped Glass Vase c1890s