Star decorators from Desire Leroy to Joseph Bailey
The talented Sèvres factory decorator Desire Leroy (1840-1908) came to the United Kingdom in 1878 to take up an appointment at Minton in Staffordshire. However, he is perhaps best known for his work at the Royal Crown Derby where he worked from 1890, aged 50, until his death in 1908.
He enjoyed a status far above the average pot painter: famously he travelled to the Omaston Road f…