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 engraving widely attributed to William Wise but perhaps Swetnam is more likely. A view of the historic Kenilworth Castle, still standing much as seen in the picture although 19thC development has taken over many of the surrounding fields. You can still go along the road (although it has been improved) and enjoy almost precisely the same view of the castle. 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 and were apparently sold as giftware. 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. I collected these for some while, this I have had for several, perhaps many years.
Condition: Very good Price: £140 (approx $290) Ref: #02784 About eight dozen chips left edge one small and the rest lesser, one tiny chip and some roughness to the tip of the right edge, tiny chips/roughness to the underside edges of course not visible unless it is upturned, extremely light surface marks in all excellent condition for stand.   UK Special Delivery £148 US and World Airsure £155 Delivery & order information Contact us Currency Converter
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.

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