One corner trimmed for the original
installation, two very tiny rim chips and some very
light surface marks mostly near the rim, perfectly
clean and brilliantly glazed. Style/technique: Aesthetic majolica This is quite fascinating, an aesthetic
design on a trellis layout with stylised
sunbursts to the corners and a paterae to the
centre, see it as a transfer print and it would
be absolutely clear but it is in majolica and of
art nouveau period so that may confuse but there
really is no art nouveau in it. Registered in
1904, I have a few dozen designs registered for
that year all apart from one other blatant art
nouveau, even Pilkingtons had discovered art
nouveau by this time, 1904 was when art nouveau
really was big time mainstream still building up
to the 1905 peak. I guess therefore not surprising that a
design not often seen even though I can see it
working well in large areas, maybe it was used a
lot on walls which have been demolished and less
often in furniture and fireplaces. Admittedly
not the most decorative tile but it has its
qualities and style and it is interesting to
place it in the design timeline. Verso near perfectly clean embossed England
and design registration number. The image is full size at 72 dpi (about 430
pixels wide) in maximum quality JPEG format and on
screen is about the size as it would be in real
life at the same distance. A larger 120 dpi image
also in maximum quality JPEG format can be
forwarded by email if required. The image is a little oversize rather than
cropped close to the edges so that the edges can
easily be seen and any chips etc can be quickly
spotted. Other marks described are usually not
visible at all when the tile is viewed straight as
one normally sees it and can only be seen with a
critical eye when the tile is tilted to catch
imperfections in reflected light. For more details
of how we describe marks see Condition.
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