A fabulous botanical design with style
depicting a pair of water lilies. Fabulous
design and execution, the design fills the tile,
it is well balanced yet not overpowering indeed
it draws one in. Lots of subtlety in the colours
graduated by the moulding, a tile that continues
to give visual pleasure even when one knows it
well. 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.
A tile that does not show so well on screen
for screens emit light and objects reflect
light, naturally one relates the screen image to
tiles previously seen but this is really
different, few collectors will have experienced
the visual pleasure of such a tile. Tiles are
rarely found with such vibrancy and these are
truly great tiles.
Soon after embossed majolica tiles became
popular and widespread it became apparent that
they negated the main benefits of tiles, being
hardwearing and easy 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
embossed.
