ALFRED MASSON FOR MINTON'S LTD.
'SEVEN AGES OF MAN' TILE PANEL, CIRCA 1876
£2,200
Auction: 26 October 2016 at 12:00 BST
Description
comprised of seven framed tiles, each tile painted in blue and black on a white ground, and comprising; 'Ye Infants'; 'Ye Schoolboye'; 'Ye Lovers'; 'Ye Soldyer'; 'Ye Justyce', 'Ye Pantaloone'; and 'Ye Seconde Childehoode' and contained within original ebonised wood frame
Dimensions
each tile 15cm x 15cm, whole including frame 27cm x 125cm
Footnote
Literature: Carruthers, Annette & Mary Greensted, Mary (edit.) 'Simplicity or Splendour', Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museums, 1999. p. 143 and p. 72, fig. 100, cat. 181 where a set, which was exhibited at Howell & James Art Pottery Exhibition in 1876, is illustrated.
Note: The tiles depict the Seven Ages of Man as described by Shakespeare.