Home Rebellion, Nature, and, Above All, Beauty Peacock vase, 1885, designed by William Frend De Morgan, manufactured by Merton Abbey Pottery.

Peacock vase, 1885, designed by William Frend De Morgan, manufactured by Merton Abbey Pottery.

Beauty and the Beast, by John Dickson Batten © Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.

Garden of the Hesperides chest, 1887–88, Edward Burne-Jones, built by Charles Lumley, molded and gilded by Osmund Weeks. Courtesy American Federation of Arts, © Birmingham Museums Trust.

The Chamberlain Casket, 1903, Henry Wilson.