A Minton secessionist vase designed by Léon Solon and John Wadsworth, circa 1900, tubelined in light brown and turquoise, printed marks including 'No.42', 13cm high Anglosia or Secessionist ware as it came to be known was a widely produced type of pottery which falls under the loose descriptive term of 'Art Nouveau'. An exhibition of the Secession had been held in Vienna in 1898, and Minton's own bold adoption of the name came as part of a move to be identified in the public mind as a part of this progressive European movement of design. Ironically, Minton's 'Secessionist' ware follows little in form from its European counterparts. Instead, an influence from the Glasgow School of Arts and Arts and Crafts takes precedence beyond the continental Art Nouveau from which they took their name.