Lot 90
WILLIAM MORRIS (ATTRIBUTED) FOR WILLIAM DE MORGAN
'SUNFLOWER' TILE, 1870S
Auction: 26 October 2016 at 12:00 BST
£275
Description
painted with a single sunflower in ruby lustre, tin-glazed on a Dutch blank, unmarked
Dimensions
15.8cm square
Footnote
Literature: Myers, Richard and Hilary 'William Morris Tiles', Richard Dennis 1996, p. 104, fig. 163
Note: It is not known whether Morris or De Morgan designed this tile, but of the single sunflower variants produced by De Morgan this is the earliest and scarcer version.