Printed and Hand Painted Nursery Rhyme Tile
Style/technique: Pictorial printed and painted Manufacturer: W T Copeland Dimensions: 6" x 6" Date: 1882   A rarely found scene of Little Bo Peep in the fields, printed and handpainted in a good range of pleasing colours. The pattern is more often seen in circular form printed and handcoloured this tile has been painted out so that the design fills the tile. It has been executed most skillfully if one didn't know the design existed in circular form it is unlikely to have been detected. Lockett has a photograph of the original watercolour design from the Copeland pattern book on page 148 from which it can be seen that it was intended for both circular and full tile versions. Typical Copeland combed verso with date mark for December 1881. Some tiles from this group had an SH monogram painted on the edge maybe for Shrigley & Hunt who were fine tile decorators who used blanks from Copeland (and Minton Hollins) so likely sold a selection of their decorated wares too.
Condition: Fair Price: £80 (approx $160) Ref: 02498 Two largish surface chips on the top edge, surface wear and scratches.   UK Special Delivery £88 US and World Airsure £95 Click for full order information Click to contact for more information
The image is full size at 72 dpi (about 430 pixels wide) in maximum quality JPEG format. 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. To see current dollar price and convert price to other currencies try this Universal Currency Converter.

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