Condition:
Excellent Small shallow surface chip
top left corner, light roughness to the tip of the
rim, perfect surface. Style:
Aesthetic japanesque A superb and full design with a range of
subjects in circular vignettes, a flying crane,
fishes and rose against a cracked ice background
sprinkled with carnations and with stylised
corner motifs. Printed in electric blue on half
inch thick clay body, Mintons 'hearth quality'.
The design bears close examination, note the
complexity and naturalism in the vignette
subjects and even of the cracked ice. The
corners, which in a panel would form a circular
motif, are all different - not different due to
transcribing errors but different by design,
each carnation is also different and designed to
be so. This is the kind of design that one can
see more in almost every time one sees it and
will give pleasure for many years. The design appears in Barnard, Bishop &
Barnards's catalogue who had tiles made for them
by Mintons, T G & F Booth and William de
Morgan whose first major contract was with them.
This example was made by Mintons and has their
characteristic unnamed offset grid back used
mostly for supplying direct to ironfounders and
other noted distributors. The designs in BBB's
catalogue are usually found on half inch thick
blanks and it appears that they specified the
thicker quality. Almost certainly designed by the famed
architect Thomas Jeckyll who did much work
around Norwich and specified and designed
ironwork made by Barnard, Bishop & Barnards
including fireplaces and including a particular
style known as 'Jeckyll Grates' many of which
bear very similar decoration to that on this
tile. Verso perfectly clean, some clay loss from
adhesive removal.
Price: £120 (approx $204)
Stock number: 04527
Technique: Transfer
print
Maker: Mintons
Dimensions: 6"
x 6"
Date: circa
1880
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