Appraisals

  

Barbotine (handpainted with slips), Sherwin & Cotton c.1890

 

The fee is £10 (approx $16) for an appraisal of a single tile or group of similar tiles ie a number of tiles of the same design and colouring or a group from a series such as pictorial tiles. This will include the likely age usually to within five years, manufacturing technique, manufacturer if known and valuations at key stages in the supply chain. If known we will advise the designer or reputed designer but very few tiles can be attributed to a particular designer with any accuracy. We will likely include other notes such as relative rarity and references in standard literature.

If we are interested in buying we will say so and we will offer up to 30% more in part exchange for tiles we have for sale.

We are specialist in glazed wall/fireplace/furniture tiles from the 19thC and early 20thC up to about 1920, other tiles we can not provide as full information.

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We do not make offers, with worldwide exposure there are lots of people who ask. We did a few years ago and we found that we were taking up a lot of time making lots of offers and buying none. After making offers we found:

Tiles were listed on eBay often with our offer as the starting price (and usually didn't sell).

People who initially said they have no idea what they are worth changed their minds and said that they think they are worth more.

People took to local traders and accepted ~75% of our offer

People simply didn't respond, even to say thanks.

Lead glaze dust pressed majolica Gibbons Hinton c.1900

Tube lined art nouveau majolica Henry Richards c.1908

Original Majolica Minton & Co c.1870

William de Morgan for Morris & Co lustre tile c.1878

Mintons China Works transfer printed aesthetic/classical/art nouveau fusion design c.1900

One-colour majolica Adam's Style design registered by Godwin & Hewitt c.1900

Transfer printed tile from the Animals of the Farm series engraved by William Wise. Mintons China Works c.1885

Pilkington dust pressed majolica cloisonné technique c.1896, a registered design.

Transfer printed tile by Maw & Co from a series of Children's Games almost certainly designed by Owen Gibbons c.1880

 
 
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