Ruskin Pottery The Pottery of Edward Richard Taylor and William Howson Taylor, 1898-1935

The late 19th century represents a high point in the development of ceramics in Europe. Having put aside Victorian revivalism, and the decorative aspects of 1870s orientalism, potters in France, Germany, Scandinavia, the United States and Britain were united in their search for new frontiers, and for new styles not dependent upon the past. Armed with the fruits of several decades of advanced technological study, notably by French ceramicists, potters turned their attention to the creation of a style of ware in which new and complex glazes were of primary importance.