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Mintons Pictorial Transfer Trivet / Pot Stand

Style/technique: Pictorial print

Manufacturer: Mintons China Works

Dimensions: 6" x 6"

Date: circa 1890

One of a series of landscapes featuring historic buildings, the engravings widely attributed to William Wise but perhaps Swetnam is more likely. A most charming scene of Anne Hathaway's Cottage, a picturesque farmhouse in the village of Shottery a mile from Stratford upon Avon that was the pre-marital home of William Shakespeare's wife.

Mintons China Works rarely coloured in prints on tiles or pot stands which is unfortunate as they take to colouring particularly well. Many were apparently designed to be coloured as they are shown coloured in the pattern book and some details like foliage which often comes across as too intense is more suitably muted when overpainted.

This is a tile with four ceramic feet fitted in the factory to make a trivet or pot stand, they were quite popular in late Victorian times and often feature pictorial designs. Being on the dining table their intricate patterns could be more readily appreciated than when fixed to walls, fireplaces and furniture as the majority of tiles were. This series is relatively uncommon, as the end of the century approached printed landscape patterns became less popular.

Condition: Very Fine
Price: £270 (approx $560)
Ref: #02784

Tiny chip top left corner, one very tiny chip right edge, some extremely light surface marks in all oustanding condition for stand.

UK Special Delivery £278

US and World Airsure £285

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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.

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