• Style/technique: Art nouveau majolica
• Manufacturer: Lea (& Boulton) of Tunstall
• Dimensions: 6" x 6"
• Date: circa 1908
• Colours: 4

• Condition: Excellent
• Price: £65 (approx $129)
• Ref: #03067

Condition Report

In excellent condition. No major flaws, wear to the stamen tips on the left side, a few very tiny/very light marks, very clean and brilliant glazes.

A nice art nouveau design with a single flower in a super lavender blue. Bright majolica glazes and rich colours.

Lea of Tunstall (Lea & Boulton) are an underrated company, little is known about them, they even have been described as 'shadowy'. Most marked tiles we find from them are excellent, they patented their own unique process(es) and were one of a handful of companies that produced gilt and stencilled slip tiles, it is suspected that they made tiles for some of the major brand names.

Verso very clean, no marks save for the pattern number 1176.

 

• Condition: Very good
• Price: £50 (approx $99)
• Ref: #03067C

In very good condition. No major flaws, wear to the stamen tips on the left side, a couple of tiny edge chips, a few other very tiny/very light marks, very clean and brilliant glazes.

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.

The image is full size at 72 dpi (about 430 pixels wide) in maximum quality JPEG format. Customers may request a larger 120 dpi image also in maximum quality JPEG format for closer inspection which will be sent by email.