Davidson, Peter Wylie

He taught at the Glasgow School of Art and wrote the book, Applied design in precious metal and educational metalwork.

Nelson Dawson (1859 - 1942)

He was  a painter, designer, metalworker and jeweller. founded the Artificers' Guild.

Edith Dawson

Wife of Nelson Dawson who was an enameller whose work was often incorporated into that of her husband.

Lewis Foreman Day (1845 - 1910)

A designer born in London and educated in France and Germany, who gained his practical knowledge from working at crafts workshop. He later specialised in stained Glass design forming his own design firm in 1870 which produced designs for textiles, glass, carpets, tiles and wallpaper. From 1899 he was designing tiles for Pilkington's.

He was a founder member of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society and a founder member of the Art Workers'  Guild. He published many books on practical crafts and applied design as well as being a regular contributor to the Art Journal and the Magazine of Art.

Della Robbia (1894- 1906)

This pottery was established in Birkenhaed, Cheshire by the sculptor Conrad Dressler (see below) and the artist
Harold Rathbone. It's name is taken from an Italian family of 15th century potters. The workers were often taken from local art schools with designers including the artist Robert Anning Bell and the sculptor Carlo Manzoni.

The exhibited widely and received Royal patronage from Queen Victoria, Edward VII and the Duke of York (later George V). There pottery was retailed by Liberty & Co and Morris & Co and in  New York and Paris.

In 1900 they merged to form the Della Robbia Pottery & Marble Co Ltd, but were never commercially sound and ceased trading in 1906.

Marked on underside with DR around a galleon together with artist monograms. AB-Annie Beaumont, AP-Aphra Price, AS-Annie Smith, RB-Ruth Bare, C-Charles Collis, MdeC-Marianne de Calvwe, EMP-Elles Mary Rope, GR-Gertrude Russell, HR-Harold Rathbone, LW-Liza Wlikins, CW or CAW-Cassandia Annie Walker plus others.

Conrad d'Huc Dressler (1856 - 1940)

He was a sculptor who had studied at the Royal College of Art. He exhibited widely including 26 works at the Royal Academy, 51 at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool and 1 at Royal Hiberian Academy.

He was a co-founder of the Della Robbia Pottery which he left in 1897 to be the art director at the Medmenham Pottery at Great Marlow until it's closure in  1907. He then established the Art Pavements & Decorations Co at 7 Emerald Street, London. This firm supplied the tiles for the Harrods Meat Hall in 1911.

He also designed the "Dressler Tunnel Oven" which continues to used fin industrial pottery manufacturing.

Arthur Staniford Dixon (1865-1929)

He was a designer and metal worker associated with the Birmingham guild of Handicraft

Sibyl Dunlop (1889 – 1964)

Silversmith based in Kensington Church Street, London. Apparently a character who stalked her workshop wearing a kaftan and Russian boots!!