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Rare Robert Minton Taylor 8"
Gothic Majolica Wall Tile
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- Style/technique: Gothic majolica
- Manufacturer: Robert Minton Taylor
- Dimensions: 8" x 8"
- Date: 1869 - 74
Super gothic style majolica tile in opaque
glazes on a heavy quality buff clay. Excellent quality,
equal to Minton Hollins, Minton Taylor's plain tiles were
favoured by the noted Kensington Gore Studios for
decorating. Illustrated on page 53 of 'The Decorated
Tile' by J & B Austwick.
Robert Minton Taylor trained as a tile maker with
Minton Hollins, when the Hollins/Campbell partnership
dissolved he started his own company which only ran for
five years when joined with Colin Campbell of Mintons
China Works to form Campbell Tile Co. Minton Taylor
managed the company who continued as an independent
company until 1963, for more about the complex history of
the Minton tile companies click
here.
Verso free of adhesive residue but a little stained,
fully named.
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Condition: Excellent
Price: £130 (approx $258)
Ref: 02697
Chip bottom right corner, about a dozen pinprick marks
to the dark glaze, a couple of tiny chips on the raised
outlines, tiny glazing imperfections (bubbles) on the
edges of the cream glaze, one tiny piece of kiln dirty
towards bottom left and one very tiny nearer the
centre.
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The image is full size at 72 dpi (about 570 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. Surface 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.
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