£6,000
Decorative Arts: Design since 1860 | 616
Auction: Decorative Arts: Design since 1860
depicting fighting ships and sea creatures
Literature: Greenwood, M. The Designs of William De Morgan, Richard Dennis, 2007, p153, pl.447 where the design for this tile panel is illustrated.
Catleugh, J. William de Morgan Tiles Richard Dennis 1983 p. 153
Note: Early lustre tiles by de Morgan were fired on Dutch delft tiles often to impressive effect although these are scarcer. Many examples, as in the present lot, were produced using ' bought in' white glazed industrial tiles. This industrial type of glazed tile had the advantage of consistent and strong glazes and were easily available. The decoration was painted and the tile then re-fired in his workshops.