Two very tiny chips left edge, bottom right
corner trimmed for original installation in a
washstand, surface near perfect and brilliantly
glazed. • Style/technique: Art nouveau majolica A good art nouveau 'twin flower' design with
rather unusual treatment of the flowerheads
suggesting rococo. Very curvaceous foliage with
a suggestion of celtic design but overall a true
examples of art nouveau. Thickly glazed with
brilliant shiny glazes a warm and attractive
tile. This design was copied, or presumed copied,
by Ceramique Faienceries de Gien of France
although the company was started by an
Englishman about eighty years earlier, an
example can be seen here. Verso a little grubby, embossed C's, painted
pattern number. * There were at least three companies with
Corn in the name and two Corn Bros. E. R. Corn
who started the tile business in 1891 said of
the transfer of the busness to the new Pinnox
Works in 1903, "at the same time, the existence
of two other concerns bearing the family name
-"Corn Bros." and "Corn Bros. & Co." -
having led to confusion, the name of W. & E.
Corn was allowed to lapse and the firm became
"The Henry Richards Tile Company Limited".
• Condition:
Excellent
• Price: £80 (approx $128)
• Stock number: 04509
• Manufacturer: Corn Bros
• Dimensions: 6" x 6"
• Date: circa 1905
