Della Robbia Pottery and Marble Co. Ltd.
Other names: The Della Robbia Pottery Co.
Foundation date: 1894
Dissolution date: 1906
Active: 1895 - 1906
Function: Art pottery
Meeting schedule: annual
Works
Dates are usually the year a work was exhibited so may differ from date of production.
New entries have been made each time a work was exhibited due to a lack of evidence about the state, medium or edition shown.
Created Madonna and Child
Created St Francis of Assisi
Created Panel of Praying Angels
Created Crucifixion
Created Holy Family
Created St Cecilia
Created Angel Panel
Created Cat
Created A Mirror
Created The Children Reapers
Created Holy Water Font
Created Getting in the Corn
Created Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush
Created Plaque
Created Plaque
Created Plaque
Created Mushroom King
Created Panel
Created Circular Plaque with Head
Created Framed Fish Panel
Created Station of the Cross
Created Circular Plaque with Head
Created Circular Plaque with Celtic Design
Created The Guardian Angel
Created The Book of Nature
Created A Design for a Photographer's Sign
Created Overmantel
Created The Presentation
Created Adoration of the Magi
Created Decorated Stand
Created Decorated Stand
Created Figure of St. Rock
Created St Monica
Created St Agnes
Created Statue of Joan of Arc
Created Dewdrops, Window Garden
Created Medallion
Created Madonna and Child
Created Madonna and Child
Created Stations of the Cross, Crucifixion
Created Peacock Panel
Created Panel - First Day of Creation
Created St Francis of Assisi
Created Placque
Created Placque
Created Swimming
Created Mushroom King
Created Mulberry Bush
Created Frame Containing 'Six Days of Creation' Panels
Created Large Heraldic Panel
Created Brownie's Garden
1899 (Presumed)
Exhibited Music
one of pottery's exhibits at the 1899 ACES exhibition
Exhibited Cherub's Head, Window Garden
Exhibited Small Placque
Exhibited Serpent Placque
Exhibited Rose Placque
Exhibited Small Placque
Made Headstone panel
Made St George and Merrie England
Made The Shyppe
Made Design for the Window Garden Boxes of the Town Hall, Liverpool
Made Vine Panel
Made Angel Panel
Locations
Address 7 Berry Street Liverpool | View on map
Address 34 Hamilton Square Birkenhead | View on map
1895 (Circa)
Address 2A Price Street Birkenhead | View on map
1899 (Presumed)
Located at 2A Price Street Hamilton Square Birkenhead | View on map
Exhibitions, Courses, Meetings and other Events
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of pictures & sculpture: the thirty-second (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1902
1902
St John the Baptist, after Donatello (cat. no. 1413, £1 10s.); Baby, after Jean Gouzon (cat. no. 1414, £2 5s.); St Peter (cat. no. 1428, seated statue, gilded terracotta, £35); St Francis of Assisi (cat. no. 1432, £2 2s.); Jardiniere (cat. no. 1436, £2 2s.); Jardiniere (cat. no. 1437, £2 2s.); Ornamental Mirror (cat. no. 1440, £4 4s.); Conservatory Fountain (cat. no. 1444, not for sale).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the thirty-first (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1901
1901
Creation (cat. no. 1539, panel, £5 5s.); Mirror (cat. no. 1540, £6 6s.); Crown - Holy Water Font (cat. no. 1541, £3 3s.); Venite (cat. no. 1542, panel, £8 8s.); Plaque (cat. no. 1560, £1 12s. 6d.); Plaque (cat. no. 1561, £2 2s.); Pilgrim (cat. no. 1579, vase, £3 3s.); Pilgrim (cat. no. 1580, vase, £3 3s.); Harvest (cat. no. 1586, panel, £9 9s.); Old English Life (cat. no. 1587, £12 12s.); Gleaners (cat. no. 1588, panel, £9 9s.); Hammock (cat. no. 1600, panel, £10 10s.); Bathers (cat. no. 1601, panel, £8 8s.); Flower Bowl and Stand (cat. no. 1608, £10); St Francis of Assisi (cat. no. 1609, panel, £2 2s.); Pieta - Holy Water Font (cat. no. 1611, £3 3s.); Snake Vase (cat. no. 1618, £20); Plaque (cat. no. 1619, £3 3s.); Plaque (cat. no. 1620, £3 3s.); Urn (cat. no. 1625, £6); Jug (cat. no. 1631, £3 3s.); Vase (cat. no. 1638, £2 2s.); Vase (cat. no. 1640, £2 5s.); Dragon Vase (designed by Harold Rathbone, cat. no. 1642, £20); Mulberry Bush (cat. no. 1644, panel, £5 5s.).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-ninth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1899
1899
Painting: Emblematic Panel for Carnatic Hall (cat. no. 1337, not for sale); Three Small Panels - Edward I, Maria Virgo, and Pedra, King of Kent, after designs by Ford Madox Brown (cat. no. 1342, £5 5s.); Wall Fountain (cat. no. 1372, £12); Modelled Jardinière (cat. no. 1381, £2 2s.); Bowl (cat. no. 1383, £1 15s.); Window Garden Box Tiles (cat. no. 1384, £3 3s.); A Replica Panel of Reredos for the Liscard Unitarian Church (cat. no. 1403, not for sale); Pilgrim Vase (cat. no. 1405, £1 1s.); Modelled Jardinière (cat. no. 1407, £2 2s.); Literature (cat. no. 1409, emblematic panel executed for Carnatic Hall, not for sale).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-eighth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1898
1898
University Vase (cat. no. 1404, £17 6s.); University Vase (cat. no. 1406, £17 6s.); Dewdrops - Design for Window Garden Box (cat. no. 1416, £6); Algerian Vase (cat. no. 1418, £1 10s.); Algerian Vase (cat. no. 1420, £1 10s.); Medallion of the Holy Family (cat. no. 1424, designed by R. M. Rope, produced by the Della Robbia Pottery Company Limited, £18); Bolton Vase (cat. no. 1428, £17 6s.).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-eighth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1898
1898
Cantegalli Vase (cat. no. 1411, £2 10s.); Cantegalli Vase (cat. no. 1413, £2 10s.); Central Panel for the Fountain at the Savoy Hotel, London (cat. no. 1426, designed and executed by Harold Rathbone, Della Robbia Pottery Company Limited, £6); Bolton Vase (cat. no. 1432, £17 6s.); Altar Piece (cat. no. 1436, designed by Miss E. M. Rope, produced by the Della Robbia Pottery Limited, £50); Dutch Vase (cat. no. 1440, £1 10s.); Smyrna Vase (cat. no. 1448, £1 1s.); Medallion of Madonna, Holy Infant, and Cherubim (cat. no. 1506, designed by Harold Rathbone, not for sale).
Exhibited at The Arts and Crafts Society of Ireland Second Exhibition, 1899
1899 (Presumed)
Associated People
Associates included Conrad Gustave d'Huc Dressler
Associates included C. Hughes
Associates included Alfred Hughes
Associates included T. Pemberton
Associates included R. Roberts
Associates included John Slade
Employed Harold Steward Rathbone
Employed Gwendoline Buckler
Employed Williams
1899
Employed Ellen Mary Rope
1899
Employed Cassandra Ann Walker
1895 (Circa) - 1899 (Circa)
One of her designs for Della Robbia is in the V&A
Employed (Giovanni) Carlo Manzoni
1897 (Circa)
Sources
Arts and Crafts Society: Catalogue of the Sixth Exhibition.
1899
p.32, pp.118-119, p.124, p.126.
Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the thirtieth, 1900 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1900
Cat. Nos. 1447, 1449, 1460, 1461, 1462, 1463, 1464, 1465, 1466, p. 40
Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the thirty-first, 1901 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1901
pp. 46-9
Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-eighth, 1898 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1898
pp. 45-48.
Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-ninth, 1899 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1899
pp. 48-52.
Autumn exhibition of pictures & sculpture: the thirty-second, 1902 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1902
pp. 42-47.
Catalogue of the Arts & Crafts Exhibition 1900
1900
Cat. No. 34A, pp. 19, 75
Catalogue of the Arts & Crafts Exhibition 1904
1904
Cat. No. 40, 239, 244, 442, 603, pp. 7, 16, 17, 27, 38, 127
Catalogue of the Second Exhibition of Arts and Crafts, City of Manchester Art Gallery, 1895
1895
Cat. Nos. Case 99, Nos. 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 24, pp. 236, 254
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1897
1897
Cat. Nos. 887, 888, 889, 890, pp. 84, 85, 94
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1901
1901
Cat. Nos. 178, 185, 428, 431, pp. 22, 41, 42, 56
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1902
1902
Cat. Nos. 235, 376, 377, 383, 384, 391, 481, 484, 485, pp. 26, 36, 37, 38, 46, 60
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1903
1903
Cat No. 362, pp. 39, 71
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1904
1904
Cat. Nos. 408-21, 813, 819, 820, 822, 826, 828, pp. 42, 79, 80, 91
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1905
1905
Cat. Nos. 849, 854, pp. 73, 74, 83
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1906
1906
Cat. Nos. 409, 420, 425, 855, 856, 857, 859, pp. 39, 40, 72, 82
The Arts and Crafts Society of Ireland Catalogue of the Second Exhibition, 1899
1899
Citing this record
'Della Robbia Pottery and Marble Co. Ltd.', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/organization.php?id=msib5_1208360326, accessed 08 Jun 2023]