Style: Arts & crafts
Technique: Barbotine
Manufacturer: Maw & Co
Designer/retailer: Doulton & Co
Dimensions: 3" x 3" per tile
Date: circa 1890
A super barbotine design, at first appearing
to be stencilled but the variations are a little
to much for the tiles to have been made using a
stencil conventionally, the design lively and
bright and filling the tile. Made from heavy red
Jackfield clay, a very durable clay used for
floor tiles, wall tiles, teapots and other
'Jackfield' pottery which was glazed black as
the dark clay did not readily take to any other
decoration. Decorated with white slip, either
freehand painted or perhaps cunningly adjusting
the position of the stencil for a more arts
& crafts feel, and finished with a celadon
translucent glaze.
Made for Doulton by Maw, rather unusual
insofar as most Doulton stencilled tiles were
made for them by Marsden, each carries the
Doulton stamp.
Condition: Very good.
Price: £45 (approx $70)
Stock number: 05471
Some very tiny/minute rim chips, very minor
surface marks.