The connection between Carlo Manzoni and the Della Robbia Pottery (see post below) is well documented. He was a friend of Harold Rathbone and Conrad Dressler who founded the Della Robbia Pottery in Birkenhead in 1894 - not only that, when Dressler left in 1894, Manzoni joined Rathone and closed his own pottery in 1898.
This jug dated 1897 is typical of the wonderfully naive style he produced, almost single-handed, at his short lived pottery; not surprisingly his work is extremely scarce and sought after.
This jug is illustrated on page 54 of John Bartlett's book "English Decorative Ceramics".
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