Vase
Date1900
Artist
Charles Collis
British designer, 1879–1966
Artist
Liz (Lizzie) Wilkins
c. 1896–1900
Manufacturer
Della Robbia Pottery
1893–1906
MediumEarthenware with incised slip decoration, polychrome enamels, and lead glaze
Dimensions15 1/2 × 8 × 8 in. (39.4 × 20.3 × 20.3 cm)
Credit LineF. V. du Pont Acquisition Fund, 1985
Object number1985-28
On View
On viewCollections
- Pre-Raphaelites on View
ClassificationsDECORATIVE ARTS
Label TextThis vase illustrates the importance of Persian ornament in Arts and Crafts design, as well as hinting of new features characteristic of Art Nouveau, a style just appearing in Europe. This was in part due to the arrival of Herbert McNair at the nearby Liverpool University School of Architecture and Applied Art. McNair was a close associate of the Scottish designer Charles Rennie Mackintosh, and the two shared an interest in the latest continental designs.
Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. (1861–1875)
c. 1865
