Ruskin
Founded in 1898 by Edward Taylor, the stewardship passed on to his son William Howson Taylor who developed a range of technically complex reduction and lustre glazes.
The studio was named after John Ruskin, the leading Victorian Art Critic and Social Reformer and the Taylors were eager to promote the ethics of Ruskin’s teaching within the workplace. (Reportedly they provided milk to their crafts men and women as an antidote to the lead used in the glaze recipes!).
They enjoyed considerable success internationally, winning the First Prize at the St Louis Exhibition of 1904 and they were supported by the Royal Family including Queen Victoria.
Howson Taylor produced four distinct glazes; soufle, lustre, crystalline and the widely acclaimed “high-fired”. In 1935 the factory closed and whilst it is not quite clear whether William literally took the glaze recipes to the grave, they were widely reported to have been destroyed before his death so that the glaze effects could never be repeated. Indeed some 100 years later it would be difficult to argue credibly that any potter since has ever been to replicate the effects as successfully.
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Stock for sale
5675
Large Ruskin High-Fired Vase decorated with sweeping curtain glazes and Verdigris Spots to the shoulder by William Howson Taylor
31.5cm high, 16cm wide
Marked “Ruskin Pottery” and dated 1910
197
Ruskin Art Deco High Fired Vase with an angular handle signed to the base William Howson Taylor
18cm high, 11 cm wide
Dated 1933
5620
Ruskin High-Fired Lamp. The lamp in an Ox Blood Flambe on a Scalloped Stand with verdigris highlights.
The lamp and base have not been uncoupled and the stand is not dated but it dates around 1925
The electrics have not been tested and the housing is glued into the top
Measuring 34cm high and 15cm wide
5385
Ruskin High-Fired Jardiniere decorated with sweeping curtained glaze
18cm high, 22cm wide
Dated 1925
5384
Ruskin Lily Vase decorated with a Sang de Boeuf High-fired glaze profusely decorated with Fissures.
24.5cm high, 12 cm wide
Dated 1910
5383
Ruskin Vase of swollen form and shouldered neck decorated with a rich High-fired glaze over a “Dove Grey” Ground with several fissures.
22cm high, 17cm wide
Dated 1924
5365
Large Ruskin High-Fired Vase of shouldered form with a good curtained and speckled glaze
A contained area with glaze losses from the time of manufacture
Dated 1932
38cm high, 17cm wide
5362
Large and Impressive Art Deco Ruskin High-Fired Vase with a bulbous base and a good even speckled glaze.
Turned by Percy Holland (denoted by the mark in a triangular form)
Signed by William Howson Taylor
32cm high, 23cm wide
Circa 1930
5359
Ruskin High-Fired Lidded Vase decorated with a speckled Sang De Boeuf and Curtained Glaze
29cm high
Dated 1922
5125
Ruskin High Fired Vase in a mossy curtained glaze
Ex Albert Wade Collection Dated 1920
Dimensions
21cm high
Ruskin Vase in a cloudy high-fired glaze
Dated 1926
22cm high
Stock number
5064
Ruskin High Fired Vase in a vibrant glaze Dated 1910
Dimensions
19.5cm high
Stock number
5033
Ruskin High fired Vase and stand in a sang de boeuf glaze 1926
Dimensions
34cm high including the base
Stock number
4994
4498
Large Ruskin High Fired vase with a sweeping curtained glaze
Dimensions
38cm high
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