A rare opportunity to purchase quantities of
border tiles designed by Pugin and decorated in
bright colours. Two block printed colours with
further enamel painting of the 'gold' and
lighter green.
Fabulous for use in combination with bolder
Pugin and/or Dresser style designs at a fraction
of the cost of 6" x 6" etc tiles or even just as
borders surrounding panels of plain tiles. The
design on the 6" x 3" tiles will mitre perfectly
to form corners.
The pattern numbers indicate origination of
the designs at the original Minton & Co
prior to the split in to two companies and
around 1860. Being made by Mintons China Works
these will be 1870 or later, the designs
continue to appear in catalogues for several
years, certainly as late as 1892.
All previous adhesive/mortar/grout residue
has been removed from versos and edges, some
further cleaning is required so it is likely to
be a few weeks from this writing before they are
all ready.
All are marked Mintons China Works, Stoke on
Trent, all of the 6" x 3" are on purpose made
biscuit, most of the 6" x 2" are on purpose made
bisuit though some are 6" x 3" trimmed to size
before decorating and glazing.
