A fabulous botanical design with style
depicting a pair of water lilies. Brilliant
glazes and exquisite moulding and a fantstic
effect because the design is three dimensional
but the tile surface is near flat. Gibbons
Hinton patent Chromo-Relievo technique - their
answer to Sherwin & Cottons émaux
ombrants but in multicolour rather than
monchrome.
Soon after majolica tiles became popular it
became apparent that they reduced some of the
benefits of tiles, being less durable and more
difficlt to keep clean. The high relief was
subject to wear and damage and indented patterns
tended to accumulate dirt. Tile manufacturers
adopted various means to ameliorate these by
contriving to produce three dimensional designs
on tiles with a near flat surface.
Verso very clean, plain bars, pattern number
impressed.
