Ruskin Pottery The Pottery of Edward Richard Taylor

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.

Paul Atterbury, FRSA, is a writer and lecturer specialising in the ceramics of the late 19th and early 20th centuries John Henson is a ceramic enthusiast and a specialist in the work of British potters associated with the Arts and Crafts movement. His detailed research into the history of the Ruskin Pottery has resulted in a wider interest in the Arts and Crafts of the Birmingham region