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Outstanding Gothic Original Majolica Minton Tile

 

Condition: Perfect
Price: £140 (approx $247)
Ref: #03163

 
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No chips or cracks etc in fact no marks save for a couple of the very slightest surface marks well covered by the fair wear and tear in the context of perfect 125+ year old items. Similarly perfect in manufacture, excellent consistency of colour, no appreciable moulding or glazing imperfections.


 

• Style/technique: Gothic majolica
• Made by:
Minton & Co
• Dimensions: 6" x 6"
• Date:
circa 1860

 

Fabulous original majolica tile, opaque but very shiny glazes on strong buff clay body, a full gothic design likely by Pugin. Noted in the literature and a classic of the genre, incredibly complex and expensive to manufcture with eight superb colours including burgundy, purple, mauve and black.

A tile that is difficult to date with certainty closer than a few decades although most that come to market are described as 1840s or 1850s but the date range is surely wider. They were first introduced around 1850 but the effect of the technique was not surpassed until the early 20thC and although very expensive (not as Wm de Morgan & Co tiles though!) their later market would have been very limited but nevertheless it would have existed. The Minton & Co name was used on tiles from 1830s onwards and when Minton Hollins was established as a specialist tile maker it seems they continued to use existing dies until they wore out whilst new dies bear the naming Minton Hollins & Co (earlier with a comma after Minton). These are most likely quite early, around 1860, as the crispness of the dies and in particular the letter punches on most is very good and sharp.

Versos perfectly clean, embossed Minton & Co, Stoke on Trent.

 

Condition: Perfect
Price: £130 (approx $230)
Ref: #03163C

 
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If there should be any criticism of this tile it is merely that the background white glazing is a little thin and the buff clay tones it down to a creamier colour.


 

Condition: Very fine
Price: £125 (approx $220)
Ref: #03163D

 
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Out of this small group of tiles this has the most excellent colouring. There is a small surface chip bottom left corner and a tiny chip bottom right corner, other exceedingly minor manufacturing and surface marks.


 

Condition: Near perfect
Price: £125 (approx $220)
Ref: #03163E

 
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Condition-wise there is just a touch of wear to the edge of the leaf closest to the bottom left corner, in the glazing there is some spill of burgundy.


 

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.

 

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