Art Nouveau Majolica Tile • Condition: Excellent • Price: £115 (approx $184) • Ref: #02594C UK Special Delivery £123 EU Priority £127 US and World Priority £131 Currency Converter Tiny chip top edge, two minute corner chips, very minor surface marks. Outstanding brilliance.   • Style/technique: Art nouveau majolica • Manufacturer: George Marsden • Dimensions: 6" x 6" • Date: circa 1908   A set of ten of excellent colour match suitable for fireplaces, furniture or wall fixing are available.   A superb organic art nouveau tulip tile the wonderful moulding giving a naturalistic feel even though the design is highly sylised. Super bold deep pink, almost cerise, flowerheads and luscious greens, it looks great in the image but has so much more in real life, the glazes have such brilliance that it is almost surprising they don't glow in the dark. The pink deserves a special mention for it is a rare and beautiful colour and was very difficult to work with and even with these tiles there can be seen some errant mixing where it meets the background green. This kind of organic moulding was done right at the start of what one could call the modern majolica tile era in the 1880s but the glazes then were too viscous and reactive to produce clear designs. That heralded Marsden's own patent stencilling and the raised outline approach epitomised by Pilkingtons efforts in the 1890s with 'cloisonné' moulded outlines up to 2mm high to contain the glazes. Most companies used rather more subtle outlines and a handful of designs were well executed with bolder outlines incorporated into the design rather than being just colour separators. This subset of Marsden's tiles stand out, the bas relief combined with highly translucent glazes retained by subtle outlines produces a superb 'best of both worlds' effect. Marsden was a technologist who appreciated the qualities of design, or vice versa, he worked with both to a greater extent than anyone of the time perhaps with the exception of George Cartlidge. Few Marsden tiles have the company initials or logo and so for the most part are unattributed or incorrectly attributed but most collectors of the best art nouveau tiles will have some, often unrecognised, in their collections. Versos very clean, typical Marsden grip pattern, rubber stamped pattern number. • Condition: Excellent • Price: £120 (approx $193) • Ref: #02594L UK Special Delivery £128 EU Priority £132 US and World Priority £136 Currency Converter One tiny, one very tiny rim chips, slight bruise. • Condition: Excellent • Price: £115 (approx $184) • Ref: #02594M UK Special Delivery £123 EU Priority £127 US and World Priority £131 Currency Converter Two tiny, one very tiny rim chips, minute surface chip, tiny piece of kiln dirty near the centre. • Condition: Excellent • Price: £125 (approx $200) • Ref: #02594N UK Special Delivery £133 EU Priority £137 US and World Priority £141 Currency Converter Minute corner chip, white mark right edge is a glaze miss, surface very near perfect   Information Tiles For Sale Contacts Order Information