Tulips & Chequers Transfer Printed Mintons Tile • Condition: Very good • Price: £90 (approx $153) • Stock number: 03073B UK Special Delivery £100 EU Priority £104 US and World Priority £108 Currency Converter Ask a question Chipping/roughness bottom edge near right corner, other very slight losses to the rim, surface very near perfect.   • Style: Aesthetic 'dutch' • Technique: Transfer print • Maker: Mintons • Dimensions: 6" x 6" • Date: 1895 (circa)   A super quartered aesthetic design with alternating hanging flowers and tessellated squares very well engraved and printed in steely-blue on white. Based upon a design sold by Morris & Co which is illustrated in William Morris Tiles by Richard and Hillary Myers on page 118. The accompanying description is: Figure 205, - 'Tulips & Chequers'. Dutch, Ravesteijn pattern 441 (1872-74); in glaze blue on 5-inch tiles. 'Tulips & Chequers' was a late nineteenth-century (probably Dutch) design which achieved a popularity with the firm's own designs, here it is mixed in a fireplace with Dutch versions of Morris's Scroll tiles. Pattern number 2240 indicates an introduction date of early 1888. This design appears on sheet 32 in the catalogue in what appears to be the same colour and is described as 'Blue on White', on the same page are two other blues, 'Electric' and 'Turquoise'. Versos quite clean embossed Mintons etc and badge. • Condition: Excellent • Price: £90 (approx $153) • Stock number: 03073C UK Special Delivery £100 EU Priority £104 US and World Priority £108 Currency Converter Ask a question Few very tiny chips and light rubbing to the rim tip, surface is near perfect • Condition: Excellent • Price: £90 (approx $154) • Stock number: 03073F UK Special Delivery £100 EU Priority £104 US and World Priority £108 Currency Converter Ask a question Slight chips/roughnesslosses to the rim, minor surface marks.   Information Tiles For Sale Contacts Order Information