Pilkington Victoriana Majolica Tile • Condition: Good • Price: £45 (approx. $60) • Stock number: 06671C UK First Class +£5 Europe Airmail +£11 US and World Priority +£21 Currency Converter Ask a question Half a dozen tiny, a few minute surface chips, couple tiny rust stains, all minor marks, brilliant and translucent glazes.   • Style: Victoriana • Technique: Embossed majolica • Maker: Pilkington • Dimensions: 6" x 6" • Date: 1895 (circa)   Quite a popular design from Pilkington and in a popular colourway a very useful lemon yellow and grey-green which may not sound very exciting but it is very pleasing and great for interior design. Mixed style influences as is the nature of the genre perhaps the stronger influence being greek style. Designed for large areas with a repeating pattern still it is often found in smaller groups in fireplaces and furniture. Unusual is it is unmarked, no familiar embossed letter P's verso, whilst few Pilkington's tiles are unmarked they do come along from time to time. Before lots of dealers and collectors find tiles with similar backs and exclaim 'Pilkington' let me say there are plenty of similar which are certainly not by Pilkington, a lot more evidence is required than just a similar grip pattern. It seems that this was a standard blank supplied by the manufacturer of the dust press probably Boulton's being one of the major suppliers of engineering equipment to the potteries and famous for its tile presses. Upon buying a press it would be delivered with a simple back plate and a plain front plate so that the customer could be up and running making tiles without delay. Some manufacturers would have their own back plates made with their branding, others would have had their engineer or a local engineer stamp the plate with letter punches, many would just carry on using the supplied plate. Many makers would keep unmarked back plates to use for customers who requested unmarked tiles. Whilst warning against be overly optimistic attributing tiles with the same grip pattern (and I mean percisely the same, width of bars etc) it is nevertheless useful for collectors comparing with tiles having known Pilkington's charcteristics for example appropriate pattern numbers. Verso clear of adhesive a little smoke stain.   Information Tiles For Sale Contacts Order Information