• Style/technique: Aesthetic print
• Manufacturer: W Wood & Co
• Pattern name: Adderson
• Dimensions: 6" x 6"
• Date: circa 1885

 

A cute quartered design tile with simple medieval style drawings of popular themes, bird on a branch with berries, stylised sunflower, oranges on the branch and flowers in vase.

Presumed to be by W Wood & Co as they produced a series of aesthetic style tiles in the 1880s named after writers, Adderson is now best known by the alternative spelling Addison. Joseph Addison (May 1, 1672 - June 17, 1719) was an English politician and writer, usually remembered alongside his long-standing friend, Richard Steele, with whom he founded The Spectator magazine.

Verso very clean with printed 'Adderson'.

Condition: Excellent
Price: £80 (approx $160)
Ref: 02665

Two tiny chips just below top right corner, another on the top near the left corner, very minor surface marks, very clean and bright.

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.