• Style/technique: Medieval majolica
• Manufacturer: Minton & Co
• Dimensions: 6" x 6"
• Date: circa 1860

 

A superb moulded tile in black clay featuring a mythical beast part horse and part dragon. A very rare series usually found moulded in buff clay and with opaque majolica glazes this is exceptional being in black clay with just the background glazed creating a wonderful etheral effect. Rare by virtue of its date, design and decoration the rarity further increased by the perfect condition of this tile, this tile has never been installed and judging from the wax residue that we removed has been framed all of its life.

Verso embossed Minton & Co. About 3/8 inch undersize, presumably the black clay shrank more than the usual buff, nevertheless it is still considerably heavier than standard tiles.

Condition: Perfect
Price: £425 (approx $825)
Ref: 02674

Perhaps ten very tiny > minute glazing imperfections, the little specks on the background. No marks on the relief. Mint condition apart from the tiny manufacturing flaws, totally exceptional.

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The image is full size at 72 dpi (about 430 pixels wide) in maximum quality JPEG format and on screen is about the size as it would be in real life at the same distance. 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.