Small chip top right corner, two very tiny rim
chips, very minor surface marks. • Style: Art
nouveau A most excellent art nouveau design with
super sinuous curves and perfectly straight
lines as required. A really useful design, a
repeating design that works well all ways, in
horizontal friezes, vertical panels, areas of
wall tiling and just as well as a single or
framed design. Simple, light designs demand
quality and this has it. The detailed and finely modelled flowerhead
at once stands out as incongruous yet blends in
to the whole, well indented so that where
required the glaze pools to a richer hue. The
smooth almost flat surface is well modelled to
create great contrast, whilst the smooth surface
makes for easy cleaning and is less liable to
wear and damage. I've seen probably half a dozen monchrome
colours and half a dozen painted colourways,
monochrome colours would number in the dozens,
this is colourway number fourteen. It's pretty
certain that I've seen less than 20% of the
variations of the design, the scale of tile
making of the times is difficult to get one's
head around so massive was the variety of
output. Verso near perfectly clean, embossed England,
painted pattern number.
• Condition: Fine
• Price: £65 (approx. $81)
• Stock number: 05838
• Technique: Embossed
majolica
• Maker: Henry Richards
• Dimensions: 6"
x 6"
• Date: 1905
(registered)
