Rare Mintons Moyr Smith Idylls Tile • Condition: Very fine • Price: £135 (approx $217) • Ref: #01758 UK Special Delivery £83 EU Priority £87 US and World Priority £91 Currency Converter One very tiny and a few minute rim chips, very minor surface marks.   • Style: Classical picture • Technique: Block print • Manufacturer: Mintons • Dimensions: 6" x 6" • Date: circa 1880   'Isolt'  A scene from 'The Last Tournament'. Sir Tristram had been commissioned to bring Queen Isolt from Ireland to marry King Mark but they became ill fated lovers having on the journey drunk a love potion intended for Isolt and Mark. This is an oustanding example of one the more popular of Moyr Smiths pictorial series. Unusual in these colours, the olive clay body sets off the three colour print superbly, and gives a solemnity appropriate to the subject. The manufacturing quality is excellent, one of the best we have seen, the image really does carry the quality of the engraving with great complexity, fine lines and hardly an imperfection. Alfred, Lord Tennyson was made Poet Laureate by Queen Victorian in 1850 and he served for 42 years. His series 'The Idylls Of The King' are poems about the legends of King Arthur. John Moyr Smith produced a series of 12 tile designs for Mintons China Works based on the poems, they were first manufactured around 1875. Various colour variations were available as standard having pattern numbers 1465, 1523, 1529, 1592 and 1677, the latter pattern number 1677 dates to 1879/80.   Information Tiles For Sale Contacts Order Information