Tiny chip mid left, other minute
chips/roughness, light surface marks. Style:
Aesthetic movement An excellent bird study print, there are
three similar series of bird tiles from Minton
Hollins, each with different borders and each
done in numerous colourways. One set of ten and
two sets of six making twenty two in all with an
excellent variety of aesthetic style borders,
super designs of the times. Made in a variety of
colour combinations, quite possibly a dozen or
more, it would be fascinating to collect a group
in twelve different colourways. This a cream
clay with a fine dark brown print and block
printed grey-green background. Sometimes suggested to be by or even
attributed to E. W. Godin but that simply can
not be the case, Godwin's bird designs for
Minton was a series of twelve and are distinctly
different. Also suggested to be by Robert Edis
but again for sure not the case by virtue of
Edis' own hand which leaves John Windsor
Bradburn as a virtual certainty. These Bradburn
birds were much more popular than the Godwin
birds and quite rightly too in my opinion,
Minton wasted its money on the Godwin designs.
It is surprising how often it is the case that
designs by the famous artists are scarce whilst
the succesful designs are by artists whose names
are unknown or if known for the most part
unrecognised. Verso near perfectly clean embossed Minton
etc.
Condition: Fine
Price: £120 (approx $161)
Stock number: 02662
Technique: Transfer
print
Maker: Minton, Hollins & Co.
(Minton & Co.)
Dimensions: 6"
x 6"
Date: circa
1880
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