Collectable Tiles

Printed and Hand Painted Fairy Tale Tile

Style/technique: Pictorial printed and painted

Manufacturer: W T Copeland

Dimensions: 6" x 6"

Date: 1882

A rarely found fairy tale tile of Cinderella rushing down the stairs to her carriage and losing her shoe on the way, 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 an original watercolour design from the series and 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 impressed 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: Poor
Price: £65 (approx $132)
Ref: 02532

Two largish surface chips on the top edge, chip lower left edge, surface wear and scratches. The lines on the staircase are rather confusing for on close examination with a magnifying glass they appear not to be damage but are in the same stain as used to complete the lines of the staircase treads. It seems that there was a rather unfortunate slip in the decorating shop immediately after the painting was completed.

UK Special Delivery £73

US and World Airsure £80

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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.

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