No Minton Hollins art nouveau designs are
seen with any great fequency but this does come
along from time to time and is probably their
second most popular art nouveau design. Of the
jewelled genre which seem to date from around
1907 and were limited in the period that they
were produced for the fashion for decorative
tiles declined rapidly in the next few years. As
with most jewelled designs one can see some
classical influence the other predominent style
of the times but the art nouveau is clear and
definite.
This is the only Minton Hollins tile seen
regularly with manufacturing flaws, it seems
that the high number of tiny bobbles in high
relief was a challenge for the moulding process.
Hollins manufacturing quality in majolica tiles
was usually at or near the best, certainly few
other were in the same ball park, Maw and Godwin
& Hewitt the only really comparable majolica
manufacturers.
Verso near perfectly clean, usual legend.
