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- marks-and-labels
- Designs from ‘The Forms in Pottery’ pamphlet.
- Shape plate for pottery vases taken from the book Elementary Art Teaching by E.R. Taylor, 1890.
- Design plate taken from the Elementary Art Teaching by E.R. Taylor, 1890.
- Lily vase with wisteria design.
- 1927 circa high-fired vase, with moulded decoration.
- Early shape number 38 (140 in 1905 catalogue), a honeypot.
- factory-catalogues
- top-of-the-pots
- celebrities
- scent-for-a-woman
- it-takes-two
- let-there-be-light
- anyone-for-tea
- birth-of-stands
- jewellery-and-buttons
- the-lost-catalogue
- Pages from the A. E. Jones catalogue circa 1905, with illustrations of Ruskin enamels applied to the silver-work.
- Pages from the A. E. Jones catalogue circa 1905, with illustrations of Ruskin enamels applied to the silver-work.
- Pages from the A. E. Jones catalogue circa 1905, with illustrations of Ruskin enamels applied to the silver-work.
- Pages from the A. E. Jones catalogue circa 1905, with illustrations of Ruskin enamels applied to the silver-work.
- Pages from the A. E. Jones catalogue circa 1905, with illustrations of Ruskin enamels applied to the silver-work.
- A. E. Jones cruet set with Ruskin liners.
- Liberty and Co ‘cymric’ range of smalls, incorporating Ruskin bodies circa 1900/1.
- Faulkner bronze & Co. ink stand with Ruskin liner.
- Ruskin pottery jug with strap-work by Jesson and Birkett circa 1904/5, scissor mark to base.
- Jesson and Birkett candlestick holder with applied Ruskin roundels circa 1904/5
- High-fired lamp with factory metal fittings.
- Successful combination glazed lamp.
- Blue crystalline lamp.
- Moulded circa 1930s lamp.
- Hexagonal crystalline lamp.
- Matte glaze, three-handled lamp.
- Yellow crystalline lamp.
- Lamp cover
- Various scent bottles.
- Large crystalline scent bottle with a drop-in lid.
- Pair of lustre scents and high fire with ivory tops.
- William Houson Taylor’s showroom high fired scent bottle on stand.
- Scent cover
- Ruskin’s Art Craft ‘A’ Shape publicity folder circa 1928.
- Various vases showcasing crystalline glazes.
- Biscuit and puff boxes.
- Experimental bowl with trial number.
- A page from ‘The Arts and Crafts of Ancient Egypt’ by W.M.F. Petrie
- out-with-the-old
- Early coffee can in the ‘Chrome 11’ glaze.
- 1921 Ruskin jam pot in the popular ‘Chrome 11’ glaze with A. E. Jones mounts.
- Early tea set in a two-way soufflé glaze.
- Tea set in pink lustre glaze.
- Early egg cups in a soufflé yellow glaze.
- Tea cover
- 1920s Ruskin cups and saucers in the harlequin glazes.
- “This stand is modelled by hand & no two are alike in design or colour” – W. Howson Taylor
- 1928 Studio page, vases on stand
- Ruskin Galleries at Chamberlain Square (right)
- Gift to museum by W.H. Taylor
- ‘New high temperature flambé ware’ Studio November 1925
- Earliest known stand 1912
- 1925 Paris Exhibition
- Silver necklace with Ruskin enamels, circa 1905.
- Advertisement from Keswick magazine.
- Former Jesson & Birkett design casket made by A. E. Jones.
- A. E. Jones copper casket with Ruskin enamel.
- 1917 Ruskin publicity brochure.
- Variety of desirable glazes, aventurine, high-fired and kingfisher.
- A. E. Jones brooches with Ruskin enamels.
- Cottage industry pewter brooches.
- High end Ruskin gold and silver bracelets.
- Ruskin brooches, hatpins and cufflinks.
- Ruskin enamel buttons, various shapes.
- Ruskin enamel buttons, various shapes.
- The Guild Buttons accessories.
- The Guild Buttons accessories.
- Early Ruskin heart enamels, unmounted.
- Ruskin buttons on factory cards.
- A. E. Jones buckle and buttons set with Ruskin enamels.
- E. R. Taylor, Headmaster of The Birmingham School of Arts and William Howson Taylor, the potter.
- House fittings under the name of Taylor Brothers, circa 1901.
- Two sample pages of the 1913 catalogue.
- Forms in Pottery pamphlet, circa 1900.
