• Style/technique: Pictorial handpainted
• Manufacturer: Craven Dunnill & Co
• Dimensions: 6" x 6"
• Date: circa 1885

 

An excellent calender tile for October illustrating a gardener at work, no wonder Lady Chatterley spent so long with her gardener. Well freehand painted overglaze in burgundy and pink to a copyright design, signed with the monogram CE bottom left, probably that of the original designer rather than the painter.

Verso embossed Craven Dunnill & Co etc and with the pattern number 4471 in pencil which looks original and is the correct number.

Condition: Fine
Price: £275 (approx $550)
Ref: 02675

About half a dozen tiny > minute chips/glaze chips to the edges, several chips to the enamels a few tiny and most minute. Rare condition for a tile of this age and technique.

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.