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The most obvious of these are Celtic-style knots, which would appeal to collectors in Arts and Crafts circles. Although of a perfectly functional shape, the vase is also decorative enough to stand out in any interior.<br><br><b>People</b><br>Around 1880 Absalom Harris, a farmer, was also the proprietor of the Farnham Pottery in Surrey. His pottery accounts record his dealings in potatoes, barley and straw and the dates on which his cows and horse were mated, as well as the production of utilitarian earthenwares. The painter Myles Birket Foster (1825-1899) asked him to copy a French green-glazed garden vase. To Harris's surprise the extra vases, over and above Foster's order, sold well.  He then began to make copies of other historic wares.  In 1889 W.H. Allen, formerly advisor to the V&A, became master at Farnham School of Art. He suggested that Tudor greenwares from the Museum's collections could be used as sources for the pottery's work. At the same time, Allen's students, like William Gellatly, were able to practise their skills at the pottery using yellow and brown glazes as well as the Tudor green.<br><br><b>Trading</b><br>In the 1890s the London retailers Heal's and Liberty's, and the Rural Industries Society, began to stock the new wares made by the Farnham Pottery. The pottery's turnover more than doubled.  Extra staff were employed, and a showroom was built at the works. Art wares provided a good alternative source of income at a time when the potter's traditional markets were in decline.","physicalDescription":"Vase of red earthenware with sgraffiato decoration, and with a wide recurved mouth, the slip in white under a yellow glaze, the lower part is decorated with five bunches of Spanish chestnuts separated by vertical leaves, round the shoulder is a raised band above which is a row of opening chestnuts.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Gellatly, William","id":"A8420"},"association":{"text":"designer","id":"AAT25190"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[{"name":{"text":"A. 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The pottery business expanded in about 1890,  and developed a close working relationship with Farnham School of Art.  Students were involved in designing and decorating pots.","date":{"text":"27/03/2003","earliest":"2003-03-27","latest":"2003-03-27"}},{"text":"Vase\nMade by William J.P.R. Gellatly,  Farnham School of Art, Farnham School of Art, Farnham, England, about 1901\n\n\n1171-1901","date":{"text":"23/05/2008","earliest":"2008-05-23","latest":"2008-05-23"}}],"partNumbers":["1171-1901"],"accessionNumberNum":"1171","accessionNumberPrefix":"","accessionYear":1901,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2019LP8365","2019LP0720","2019LU9768"],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-12","recordCreationDate":"2003-03-27","availableToBook":false}}