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[81884] Birmingham : BM&AG - De Morgan Tiles
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Chamberlain Square, Birmingham.
Tile Panel - Animals & Birds.
Earthenware, decorated with ruby lustre on a white slip, late c19.
William De Morgan (1839-1917).
Dutch blanks which De Morgan decorated and re-fired.
William De Morgan became part of William Morris' circle in the early 1860s and, under Morris' influence, turned his attention to ceramics. He established his first pottery in Chelsea in 1871, subsequently moving to Merton and Fulham and developing the lustre glazes for which his pottery is famous. In his sixties, De Morgan embarked on a second career as a novelist, publishing his highly successful Joseph Vance in 1906.
[81884] Birmingham : BM&AG - De Morgan Tiles
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Chamberlain Square, Birmingham.
Tile Panel - Animals & Birds.
Earthenware, decorated with ruby lustre on a white slip, late c19.
William De Morgan (1839-1917).
Dutch blanks which De Morgan decorated and re-fired.
William De Morgan became part of William Morris' circle in the early 1860s and, under Morris' influence, turned his attention to ceramics. He established his first pottery in Chelsea in 1871, subsequently moving to Merton and Fulham and developing the lustre glazes for which his pottery is famous. In his sixties, De Morgan embarked on a second career as a novelist, publishing his highly successful Joseph Vance in 1906.