Three very tiny, half a dozen minute rim chips,
very minor surface marks. Style: Arts & crafts floral A lovely, lively flowing arts & crafts
design with seven different flowers bursting
from a flowerpot. Freehand painted from a design
in the pattern book, more 'arts & crafts'
than Wm de Morgan tiles which were painted to an
outline, pounced or traced (indeed many Wm de
Morgan tiles designs painted on to transfer
paper, many in Italy, before being applied to
the tile). Believed to be designed by William
Scott Morton and painted on a plain Craven
Dunnill tile in the studios of Scott Morton
& Co of Edinburgh. Similar tiles although without the green
background and on Maw's blanks were fitted into
a bespoke cast iron fireplace with brass
decoration marked in the casting verso "Designed
by W Scott Morton". The tiles bear a good
resemblance to tiles by Shrigley and Hunt with
whom Scott Morton was associated. William Scott Morton (1840 - 1903) was a well
known figure in architecture and design circles
in the 1870s and 1880s working for and with
various companies and noted designers including
the noted tile designer John Moyr Smith on the
interior work of Overtoun House at
Dumbarton. He was a prolific architect and designer and
somewhat of a prodigy as from the age of
nineteen he was successful in selling designs to
carpet and lace manufacturers, within a few
years he obtained an entrée to Royal
Academy circles. He moved from Carluke to London
around 1859 where he remained for about eight
years before returning to Scotland, in 1870
Scott Morton and his younger brother John set up
business in Edinburgh as Morton & Co,
William practising as architect and designer and
John in charge of the workshops of the
cabinet-making, wall-paper manufacturing and
interior design business. By 1881 Scott Morton
had ceased to practice architecture as such, in
July of that year he became the Scottish agent
of Shrigley & Hunt and was a stockist of
Falkirk Iron Company fireplaces and
accessories. Verso Craven Dunnill embossed, some rust
stain, some remaining grains of mortar, side
edges nibbled.
Condition: Excellent
Price: £150 (approx $192)
Stock number: 06682
Technique: Hand painted
Designer: Wm Scott Morton*
Manufacturer: Scott Morton & Co*
Dimensions: 6" x 6"
Date: circa 1880
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