Della Robbia Pottery was an art pottery founded in Birkenhead, England in 1894 by the painter and ceramic artist Harold Steward Rathbone (1858-1929) in collaboration with the sculptor Conrad Gustav d'Huc Dressler (1956-1940). Dressler was Art Director of the architectural department and Rathbone was Art Director of the sgraffito workshop and Works Manager. Rathbone was inspired by the teachings of William Morris and ideas the Arts and Crafts movement. He also admired the art of Renaissance Italy and the Celtic Revival. Both Rathbone and Dressler were admirers of the work of the potter William De Morgan (1839-1917). These influences are evident in the colourful and decorative ceramics produced by the pottery. The Italian-born ceramist Giovanni Carlo Valentino Manzoni (1855-1910) was also associated with Della Robbia Pottery in its early days but left the company in 1895 to form Minerva Art Ware Manufacturers in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent.

Text source: Arts + Architecture Profiles from Art History Research net (AHRnet) https://www.arthistoryresearch.net/


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