Geometric Floral Printed & Painted Tile • Condition: Excellent • Price: £40 (approx. $51) • Stock number: 06676 UK First Class +£5 EU Airmail +£9 US and World Airmail +£12 Currency Converter Ask a question Two tiny, half a dozen very tiny/minute rim chips, minor surface marks.   • Style: Geometric floral • Technique: Print & tint • Manufacturer: Smith, Ford & Jones • Dimensions: 6" x 6" • Date: 1889 (registered)   A four corner repeat stylised floral design, another that is at least somewhat rare for it bears a registration number which I do not have in my collection. Made by Smith, Ford & Jones a fairly prolific pottery company which by 1894 had become Smith & Ford later to be Samuel Ford & Co. The company also produced a reasonable range of tiles, pattern numbers as high as 274 have been recorded. All are transfer prints, often coloured and well coloured to the standard of a pottery maker rather than a tilemaker - pottery is seen in the hand or on the plate in front of you rather than on the wall or fireplace a few feet away. This is somewhat less good than I associate with SF&J, the design I think not so great, the execution with just one painted colour that has not taken too well, the biscuit is even just over 1/8" (4mm) undersize. So perhaps more an interesting tile for collectors more than to adorn a wall or splashback again. Verso very clean, printed S.F.&J., registration number and pattern number.   Information Tiles For Sale Contacts Order Information