Small chip right edge, more than we'd like to
see but this is a super and quite rare tile, couple
minute glazing imperfections otherwise very near
perfect surface. Style: Aesthetic One from what I consider to be one of the
best printed pictorial series of tiles, just six
in the series representing country life, and
this the best of the series, my favourite
victorian transfer printed picture tile. An
excellent deatiled view of a town square, full
of life, incredible detail, beautifully executed
engraving and printing. The series has a fine
art quality in the engraving which is lacking in
the more popular Mintons and Wedgwood series
indeed Maw's printing is the finest of all the
major tile manufacturers. Owen Gibbons trained at the South Kensington
School of Art and was for a time curator of the
Royal Architectural Museum, Westminter, London
before becoming head of the Coalbrookdale School
of Art in Shropshire. Whilst there he designed a
number of tiles for Maw & Co. He was also a
principle in the company of Gibbons Hinton &
Co established by his brother Francis Gibbons in
the mid-1880s. Verso very clean, embossed Maw, Broseley,
Floreat Salopia badge etc.
Condition: Very
good
Price: £180 (approx $235)
Stock number: 05890
Ttechnique: Transfer print
Maker: Maw & Co.
Artist: Owen Gibbons
Dimensions: 6" x 6"
Date: 1880 (circa)
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