• Style/technique: Art Nouveau tube lined
• Manufacturer: J & W Wade
• Pattern number: G1214LY
• Dimensions: 3" x 6"
• Date: circa 1910
• Colours: 5

A great tube line tile in matt glazes made as an art pottery tile. Really rare glazes even for matt having a texture not unlike Ruskin pottery. Wonderful colours including mauve, purple and a creamy-grey background. Although matt glazes on tiles are mostly associated with the 1920s onwards we see a few that are edwardian and Maws were reported to be working on them in the last few years of the nineteenth century.

Wade is a highly collectable company for their advertising and other pottery and whimsies, cute figures that they started making in 1953, Wade collectors are mostly unaware that the company were making art tiles with super designs and in amazing colours around the turn of the century. So excellent are their tiles that I rate them in the top three art nouveau majolica tile makers easily besting better known names like Pilkington and Minton. Wade tiles used the brand name 'Flaxman' occasionally and as with many manufacturers their back markings have subtle but distinct identifiable details.

• Condition: Near perfect
• Price: £135 (approx $270)
• Ref: 02337B

Two minute chips otherwise perfect.

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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.