Very minor rim and surface marks. • Style: Emblative An uncommon octagonal tile made in the same
manner as those exclsuively made for the world
famous Victoria & Albert Museum in London. I
have seen a few small groups of similar in the
marketplace over the years but can't recall
seeing any in situ. Sellers including prestigious auction rooms
often attribute to famous buildings connected
with royalty such as palaces and castles, I have
also been advised a court and a church. I have
seen this attributed to the Palace of
Westminster (where the Houses of Parliament sit)
but the portcullis emblem representing that
building and institution is different. Given the manufacturing process it would be a
simple and reasonably affordable matter to make
bespoke designs and I am not sure if other
designs I have seen are the same as this group.
This group as well as the portcullis included a
crown (different to the V&A crown), a Tudor
Rose, a letter G and a panther or dog. *Stencilled as the V&A museum tiles are
reported by Barnard and others but why go to the
bother of complicated spraying when printing or
sponging (if a stencil was used) would be
equally effective at lower cost. Verso clean, embossed Minton, Hollins &
Co., Stoke on Trent.
• Condition: Fine
• Price: £120 (approx $144)
• Stock number: 07516
• Technique: Stencilled*
• Maker: Minton,
Hollins & Co.
• Dimensions: 6"
x 6"
• Date: 1868
(circa)
