British Arts & Crafts Carlo Manzoni 'Minerva Ware' pottery vase, painted marks to base 'Hand drawn & painted', monogrammed and dated 1897 and other marks. Height 20 cm. Note: Manzoni joined Harold Rathbone and Conrad Dressler, founders of the Della Robbia Pottery, in December 1893, within a few months of its establishment. He left in June 1895 to open his own Minerva Ware works at Granville Pottery in Staffordshire, before returning to Della Robbia in June 1898.