A Macintyre & Co. Flamminian ware green glaze pottery dish,made for Liberty & Co. designed by William Moorcroft. The corners with tube-lined roundel decoration, the base marked ''Made for / Liberty & Co. / Rd No. 452777'', and with incised signature ''W. Moorcroft''This Flamminian ware dish is glazed green and its body decorated with four heart-shaped foliate roundels expressed as a raised slip outline. This fashionable aesthetic was inspired by East Asian monochrome ceramic wares and celadon glazes that had found popularity among European and American advocates of Japonisme and Art Nouveau.The dish was designed by William Moorcroft (1872-1945) and manufactured in 1905 by James Macintyre & Co, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent for retail at Liberty & Co. Ltd. William Moorcroft was born in Burslem, Staffordshire and attended the Burslem School of Art In 1898, a year after completing his education at the National Art Training School at South Kensington, he found employment with Jame...