• Style/technique: Pictorial print
• Manufacturer: Unattributed
• Dimensions: 6" x 6"
• Date: circa 1900
• Colours: 3 printed

   

A rare and super quality multicolour print featuring a group of carnations and with a really good pink, the flowers most unusually set of aganst a background of dusted pale blue-grey.

Multicolour printing on ceramics was not well developed until the twentieth century. Mintons China Works were the leaders but used only a limited range of block colours, Sherwin & Cotton's Niello process produced great results but gain limited market acceptance, presumably it was not priced competitively with hand coloured wares. W B Simpson and Maw & Co produced some good wares too but the persistence of hand coloured prints into the twentieth century indicates the process produced better results more cost-effectively.

Condition: Very fine
Price: £60 (approx $119)
Ref: 02262

A tiny chip on the top edge and another on the bottom edge. Marks down the right side are in the making although a little stubborn dirt is caught in the glaze misses. Otherwise a few extremely light surface marks, very clean.

The image is full size at 72 dpi (about 430 pixels wide) in maximum quality JPEG format and on screen is about the size as it would be in real life at the same distance. A larger 120 dpi image also in maximum quality JPEG format can be forwarded by email if required.

The image is a little oversize rather than cropped close to the edges so that the edges can easily be seen and any chips etc can be quickly spotted. Other marks described are usually not visible at all when the tile is viewed straight as one normally sees it and can only be seen with a critical eye when the tile is tilted to catch imperfections in reflected light. For more details of how we describe marks see Condition.

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