Maker: Brown-Westhead, Moore & Co.

Place: Hanley, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: Rd. 3 June 1884

Dimensions: 10 2/5 inches diameter

Maker: Brown-Westhead, Moore & Co.

Place: Hanley, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: Rd. 3 June 1884

Dimensions: 10 inches diameter

Maker: C. Challinor & Co.

Pottery: Fenton Potteries

Place: Fenton, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: c. 1892-1896

Dimensions: 10 inches diameter

Maker: Josiah Wedgwood

Pottery: Etruria Works

Place: Etruria, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: 1891

Dimensions: 10 1/4 inches diameter

Notes: Wedgwood hired Thomas Allen away from rival Minton in the mid-1870s and made him their first art director in 1880. A product of the South Kensington School of Design where he would have acquired the clear drawing style seen here, he was known for hand painted work and designed some of the period's most memorable table patterns (including "Banquet" and "Ivanhoe").

Allen acknowledged a debt to artist Albert Moore for the inspiration of "Greek Musicians." Moore's brand of Neo-classicism eschewed the moral lessons of of the earlier exponents of the style. Instead he aimed to express nothing more than beauty--linking him to the "art for art's sake" philosophy of the Aesthetic Movement.

Maker: Josiah Wedgwood

Pottery: Etruria Works

Place: Etruria, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: 1891

Dimensions: 10 1/4 inches diameter

Notes: Wedgwood hired Thomas Allen away from rival Minton in the mid-1870s and made him their first art director in 1880. A product of the South Kensington School of Design where he would have acquired the clear drawing style seen here, he was known for hand painted work and designed some of the period's most memorable table patterns (including "Banquet" and "Ivanhoe").

Allen acknowledged a debt to artist Albert Moore for the inspiration of "Greek Musicians." Moore's brand of Neo-classicism eschewed the moral lessons of of the earlier exponents of the style. Instead he aimed to express nothing more than beauty--linking him to the "art for art's sake" philosophy of the Aesthetic Movement.

Maker: Josiah Wedgwood

Pottery: Etruria Works

Place: Etruria, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: 1891

Dimensions: Unknown

Notes: Wedgwood hired Thomas Allen away from rival Minton in the mid-1870s and made him their first art director in 1880. A product of the South Kensington School of Design where he would have acquired the clear drawing style seen here, he was known for hand painted work and designed some of the period's most memorable table patterns (including "Banquet" and "Ivanhoe").

Allen acknowledged a debt to artist Albert Moore for the inspiration of "Greek Musicians." Moore's brand of Neo-classicism eschewed the moral lessons of of the earlier exponents of the style. Instead he aimed to express nothing more than beauty--linking him to the "art for art's sake" philosophy of the Aesthetic Movement.

Maker: Josiah Wedgwood

Pottery: Etruria Works

Place: Etruria, Staffordshire, England

Material: Earthenware

Date: 1891

Dimensions: Unknown

Notes: Wedgwood hired Thomas Allen away from rival Minton in the mid-1870s and made him their first art director in 1880. A product of the South Kensington School of Design where he would have acquired the clear drawing style seen here, he was known for hand painted work and designed some of the period's most memorable table patterns (including "Banquet" and "Ivanhoe").

Allen acknowledged a debt to artist Albert Moore for the inspiration of "Greek Musicians." Moore's brand of Neo-classicism eschewed the moral lessons of of the earlier exponents of the style. Instead he aimed to express nothing more than beauty--linking him to the "art for art's sake" philosophy of the Aesthetic Movement.