Leading pottery expert and magnate. Became Manager of Pilkington's (Pilkington Art Pottery or more commonly Pilkington's Tile & Pottery Co.)after having previously been employed as a chemist at the famous Wedgwood pottery. By 1893, some hollow-wares were brought in and decorated with William Burton's recently developed Sunstone glaze to be followed by other crystalline glazes, transmutation glazes and orange peel effect glazes. By 1905, Lancastrian wares were being sold through Tiffany & Co. in New York, and Arthur V. Rose of Tiffany wrote a short pamphlet about the pottery when it was first shown. Many pieces of Lancastrian ware were bought by Sir Casper Purdon Clarke through Tiffany's and later donated to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and at the height of their popularity and success, not only for their hollow wares but also their increasingly high profile tile production, Pilkington's were issued with the Royal Warrant, after which the firm was known as Royal Lancastrian.
Leading pottery expert and magnate. Became Manager of Pilkington's (Pilkington Art Pottery or more commonly Pilkington's Tile & Pottery Co.)after having previously been employed as a chemist at the famous Wedgwood pottery. By 1893, some hollow-wares were brought in and decorated with William Burton's recently developed Sunstone glaze to be followed by other crystalline glazes, transmutation glazes and orange peel effect glazes. By 1905, Lancastrian wares were being sold through Tiffany & Co. in New York, and Arthur V. Rose of Tiffany wrote a short pamphlet about the pottery when it was first shown. Many pieces of Lancastrian ware were bought by Sir Casper Purdon Clarke through Tiffany's and later donated to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and at the height of their popularity and success, not only for their hollow wares but also their increasingly high profile tile production, Pilkington's were issued with the Royal Warrant, after which the firm was known as Royal Lancastrian.
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