A couple of minute rim chips and the slightest
of roughness to the tip of the rim all too small to
be seen in the image, visible marks are
manufacturing flaws. Style: Floral This is an interesting tile, I believe made
for Wedgwood but impossible to say for certain,
certainly has the feel of a Wedgwood block print
but few people would recognise them anyway. A
floral design, looks like a distinctive flower
but not one that I recognise, block printed in
three colours. Block printed (multicolour printed) tiles are
relatively unusual from Wedgwood mostly they did
ordinary transfer prints, a few tinted, a few
majolicas which were almost all subcontracted,
their speciality was the stencilled slip tiles
which with no machinery or origination costs
they produced thousands of variations. Other
block printed Wedgwood designs have been seen
with Webbs Worcester Tileries scraped off
suggesting that Webbs made them for
Wedgwood. Verso generic bars, possibly Ollivant,
Wedgwood bought in blanks and subcontracted tile
manufacture to a number of companies but
Ollivant is not known to be one. Pattern number
hand written with the prefix and in the correct
range for Wedgwood's block printed tiles, they
used different prefixes for different decorating
processes.
Condition: Near
perfect
Price: £75 (approx $115)
Stock number: 04230B
Technique: Block print
Made by: Wedgwood?
Dimensions: 6" x 6"
Date: circa 1890
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