• Style/technique: Pictorial transfer
• Manufacturer: Mintons China Works
• Pattern number: 1699*
• Dimensions: 6" x 6"
• Date: circa 1885

 

A springtime scene of a sheep and two lambs in a field and heifer in the byre behind from the Animals of the Farm series. In a sepia brown print on buff clay quite the nicest combination of print/clay colours and signed and dated W Wise 1879. This animal group is one of those that we see least often, perhaps the rarest of the series.

*Pattern number 1699 is for this series but in Indian Blue, Mintons China Works usually used different pattern numbers for different colours.

Condition: Very good
Price: £125 (approx $253)
Ref: 02692

Chip top right corner, perhaps as many as a couple of dozen other edge/corner chips but all tiny to minute. Some very light scratches and a little surface wear.

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.