• Condition: Near perfect
• Price: £125 (approx $229)
• Ref: #03271

A few very tiny marks, the slightly dark specks on the middle flower are underglaze flaws, fabulous surface condition and brilliant glazes..

• Style/technique: Art nouveau majolica
• Manufacturer: Henry Richards
• Pattern number: 305-11
• Dimensions: 6" x 6"
• Date: circa 1905
 

 

This is quite a well known design more for the copies produced by Johnson's and others than the original by the most prolific tile designers of the period The Henry Richards Tile Co. And what an excellent design, it has formality, it has fluidity, it fills the tile without being overbearing, it is charateristic of the genre but far from ordinary. Almost invariably found in one colour this single tile is the only multicolour example of the design I have seen for a couple of decades. The pattern number (not shown on this tile) indicates an introduction date of 1903.

This is a design classic, and a rare example of such.

Verso typical diagonal bars, no other markings, very clean but sparse grains of plaster remain.

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 PNg format for closer inspection which will be sent by email.