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Few minute marks lost in the spendlour. • Style/technique: Arts & crafts An excellent and exceedingly rare tile. Hand
painted in the arts & crafts movement
'trellis' style although set against solid
colour 'chequer' segments. A design that
epitomises the period and genre, very well
painted including some rather complex elements
and with a free flowing and natural style. What
contrasts with and indeed sets this tile apart
from other of the genre is the finish, the
handpainted enamels have a high gloss finish
completely different to the matt finishes
associated with Shrigley and Hunt, Doulton or
Mintons Kensington tiles of the style and
period. Together with the wonderful condition
almost transporting in time for the tile is just
as its first proud owner saw it one and a
quarter centuries or so ago. Little is known about the C P Sutcliffe
although they had a relationship with Maw &
Co of Jackfield, Shropshire and a slabbed panel
including handpainted tiles is known. Sutcliffe
apparently ceased trading in the early 1890s
around the time when Pilkington Tile Co the
famous Manchester tile company were formed
nearby. Verso quite clean, an uncommon Maw & Co
grip pattern and stencilled with Sutcliffe
branding. Just a couple of very tiny flakes to the rim, a
rare opportunity. The image is full size at 72 dpi (about 430
pixels wide) in maximum quality JPEG format, 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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