Collectable Tiles

Printed Musician Tile

Style/technique: Pictorial print

Manufacturer: Steele & Wood*

Dimensions: 6" x 6"

Date: circa 1880

A tile from an uncommon musician series, this of a timpanist all dressed up in finery. A solid outline to the print the transfer perhaps originating from a block rather than a lithograph, and the background hand coloured in brown. Suggested to be perhaps a design by Stacey marks and one can certainly see similarity in the styles.

*This series has been seen on Steele & Wood blanks.

Verso spotlessly clean unmarked generic rails, it is sometimes erroneously attributed to Wedgwood, whilst Wedgwood did produce tiles with somewhat similar backs none are quite like this. By extension at times the erroneous attribution to Wedgwood is extended to include de Morgan!

Condition: Good
Price: £80 (approx $162)
Ref: 02543

One very small and a few tiny edge chips, half a dozen small surface chips, other very minor marks.

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This tile back is sometimes erroneously attributed to Wedgwood, whilst Wedgwood did produce tiles with somewhat similar backs none are quite like this. By extension at times the erroneous attribution to Wedgwood is extended to include de Morgan!

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. Surface 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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