• Condition: Near
perfect Half a dozen minute points
of wear to tips of the tube line, a couple of
exceedingly minor surface marks. • Style/technique: Persian tubeline Entirely handmade in the arts & crafts
tradition, Carter & Co plastic clay blank
with impressed stamp and hand cut locking
channels, this in itself is rare. Undercut so
that edges would marry up precisely, and this
tile is actually very square so they did,
excellent quality buff clay, a top quality piece
of workmanship. These were very expensive tiles
the combination of techniques only for the
discerning customer. Super colours, great cobalt blue but the
turquoise is absolutely magical (better than de
Morgan achieved!) Background is tin glaze (or
engobe) tinted to a pale lavender colour, stems
and base of the flower are in extremely rare
black glaze which has taken very well and has a
perfect gloss. A superb design in fabulous
condition, in all an outstanding tile which in
the hand is almsot magical.
• Price: £210 (approx $347)
• Ref: #03043B
• Manufacturer: Carter & Co, Poole
• Dimensions: 6" x 6"
• Date: circa 1910
A fabulous and rare arts & crafts
tile. A William de Morgan design made in the
tube line technique, slightly simplified from
the original but more than compensated for by
the vibrancy of the blue glazes which are
imperfectly represented in the picture. An iznik
or anglo-persian design in it's original form
yet the flow of the line accords well to the
sensibilities of art nouveau design prevalent
when it was made. The design is number 591 in
The Designs of William de Morgan by Martin
Greenwood and 170 in Jon Catleugh's William de
Morgan Tiles.
