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A super pair of early art nouveau panels perhaps well suited to someone of Scottish descent as they well represent thistles! The full design fills the tiles and as often with Godwins wares shows a gothic influence. Wonderfully flowing designs yet retaining the sharp, spiky feel of the leaves. Godwins were one of the greatest tile makers of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, they specialised in slabbed tiles and so their tiles tend to be more precisely made (the edges not hidden by frames). Their tiles commanded premium prices, in a priced 1905 catalogue their panels are the most expensive amongst a selection of panels from major manufacturers of the day. There are two tiny edge chips and a handful of very tiny edge chips, very few, very minor surface marks. It is incredibly rare to get tile panels in such outstanding condition - if they were brand new one wouldn't fault them let alone them being one hundred years old. Click on each panel for a full size picture.
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