Lot 57
ENGLISH
GROUP OF SEVEN TILES, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Auction: The Art of the Tile : The Michael Blood Collection | Wed 15th October from 10am
Description
dust-pressed and plastic clay, comprising a MAW AND CO. 8-INCH TILE, depicting a shepherd, moulded maker's marks, 20cm square; another MAW & CO. 8-INCH TILE, depicting a pair of birds, moulded maker's marks, 20cm square; a MAW & CO FRAMED TILE, Owen Gibbons, depicting a geisha, moulded maker's marks, 15cm x 30cm (frame size 21cm x 36cm; a COPELAND 8-INCH TILE, with geometric design, impressed maker's marks, 19.3cm square; a further COPELAND 8-INCH TILE, with floral and foliate design, impressed maker's marks, 20.5cm square; a TWO-TILE PANEL DESIGNED BY CHRISTOPHER DRESSER (1834-1904) FOR MINTON'S, CIRCA 1880, dust-pressed clay, moulded maker's marks, each tile 20.5cm square (frame size 22.5cm x 42.5cm); and a MINTON'S AESTHETIC MOVEMENT TWO-TILE PANEL, dust-pressed clay, moulded maker's marks, each tile 20.5cm square (frame size 22.5cm x 43cm) (7)
Provenance
The Michael Blood Collection, see lot 1 for more details