Tube Line and Painted Galleon Tile • Condition: Near perfect • Price: £420 (approx. $553) • Stock number: 07479 UK Special Delivery +£11 Europe Priority +£16 US and World Priority +£26 Currency Converter Ask a question Minute chip just above bottom right corner.   • Style: Art nouveau • Technique: Tubeline and dull glazed • Manufacturer: Pilkington • Dimensions: 4" x 4" • Date: 1937 (introduced)   An excellent tubeline tile of a galleon from a series made in the 1920s and 1930s. There are two galleon sailing ships in the series which were introduced in the 1920s and are relatively often found, this later design is considerably rarer. The popular galleons are included on the same advertising sheet as this and others datng from 1937 such was their popularity. I have called this art nouveau because of the flow of the line in the billowing of the penants and sails, the crest of the waves and so on but really such elements are found in stylised ship tiles from the arts & crafts movement such as by William de Morgan and industrial tile manufacture such as by George Cartlidge. An excellently made tile with none of the slips and flaws often found in wares made by the tubeline technique, many Pilkington tubeline tiles are attributed to Edmund Kent and whilst it is unlikely that this is by him as indeed it is for most it certainly maintains the standard of his work. Verso near perfectly clean, embossed P, Pilkington and England, painted pattern number.   Information Tiles For Sale Contacts Order Information