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Chip left edge is a glazed over manufacturing
flaw, minute chip top right corner. •
Style/technique: Floral
majolica One of the greatest Pilkington tiles of the
period around 1900, light and elegant yet
without contradiction almost fills the tile, a
super design, has a whimsical air. Designed by
Lewis Day it has the modelling quality that
Pilkingtons seem to reserve for their greatest
artists, or at least their greatest designs.
Very tastefully modelled the outline itself
being most elegant and slender rather like the
lip created when a pointed wooden scalpel is
used to incise in to wet clay and quite
distinctly different to the blocky
cloisonné outlines found on many
Pilkington tiles. Just three colours, it doesn't
need any more than that indeed indeed more or
even a coloured background are likely to detract
from the refined elegance Some may say art nouveau but I couldn't
agree, Lewis Day wouldn't either as he famously
despised the style, however he lived in those
times and I don't think its influence escaped
his works completely. More in the mould of arts
& crafts movement style designs but as they
eschewed industrial production it can't be
called arts & crafts per se. This is
definitely one where I say throw out the
preconceptions, the labels, the so called better
brand names and look at the art portrayed in the
item itself. And for once we have two
established brand names, designer and
manufacturer, combining in a great work of
art. Verso perfectly clean, P's in opposing
corners, mysterious 'star' mark. The image is full size at 72 dpi (about 430
pixels wide) in maximum quality JPEG format and on
screen is about the size as it would be in real
life at the same distance. A larger 120 dpi image
also in maximum quality JPEG format can be
forwarded by email if required. 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.
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