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Victorian Sea Shore Theme
Print & Tint Tile
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Condition: Near perfect
Price: £60 (approx $97)
Ref: #02836B
One very tiny edge chip, very slight
discolouration in the crazing near the top, minor
manufacturing flaws. Perfect surface, brilliant
glaze, bright colours.
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• Style/technique: Pictorial print
• Manufacturer: Lea of Tunstall
• Pattern number: 301
• Dimensions: 6" x 6"
• Date: circa 1895
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The only 'sea shore' themed tile that is seen
with any regularity and as many relatively
popular designs it was made by several
companies. A group of shells and seaweed in an
offset square with a further ring of seaweed and
shell motifs in the corners all in an aesthetic
layout, the design probably dates from the mid
1880s. Printed in dark brown the central offset
square filled with black shows the brilliant
colours off to best effect, glazed with a superb
brilliant glaze.
Verso very clean apart from a little smoke
staining, embossed L.T. and England, pattern
number printed.
Lea of Tunstall aka Lea & Boulton
produced mostly excellent quality tiles,
transfer prints, majolica and stencilled
(Marsden's Patent) have been noted. It is
suspected that they were OEM for some better
known brand names such as Wedgwood.
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Condition: Excellent
Price: £55 (approx $72)
Ref: #02836C
Tiny chips right corners, one very tiny chip
bottom edge, very slight discolouration in the
crazing. Perfect surface, brilliant glaze, bright
colours.
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Condition: Near perfect
Price: £65 (approx $72)
Ref: #02836D
Two minute rim chips, very slight discolouration
in the crazing. Perfect surface, brilliant glaze,
bright colours.
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Condition: Perfect
Price: £60 (approx $72)
Ref: #02836E
Very slight discolouration in the crazing, minor
manufacturing flaws. Perfect surface, brilliant
glaze, bright colours.
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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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