From:Williamson Art Gallery and Museum

Name/TitleDella Robbia Vase

About this objectA Manzoni vase made from red earthenware in a large albarello shape with strap handles. It is slip coated and with sgraffito and hand painted decoration in the form of large turquoise scrolls of wave like form.

Walker was a mainstay artist, working for the pottery for the majority of its existence. She gained a reputation as being an elite member of the pottery for her painting techniques and artistic designs, even being called on for special commissions. She was also a regular exhibitor at the Walker Art Gallery's Autumn Exhibitions and frequently attended art classes at the Liverpool College for Applied Art and the Art Sheds. The closing of the pottery heavily impacted her finances, later emigrating to Canada in 1908, where she spent the remainder of her life. In her personal life she was describes as being free-spirited and also had suffragist sympathies.

The artist developed an art-nouveau style by the early 1900s after spending time at the Mount Street School, which can be seen in the stylisation of the waves and the blue and yellow flower heads. 

MakerDella Robbia Pottery (active 1894-1906)

Maker Rolemanufacturer

MakerWalker, Cassandra Annie (1875-1936)

Maker Roledesigner

Date Made1901

Period20th century

Medium and Materialsearthenware

Place MadeBirkenhead, Merseyside

Style and IconographyArts and Crafts

Style and IconographyArt Nouveau

Inscription and Marksmark and date
DRPM / 1901 (underlined)
Method: inscribed
Position: base

Techniqueearthenware

Measurementsheight: 37.4cm, weight: 4025g

Subject and Association Keywordsflower

Subject and Association Keywordsscroll

Subject and Association Keywordssgraffito

Object Typevase

Object numberBIKGM.237n

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