Slight roughness to the tip of the rim, bottom
left corner is thin glaze. Style: Floral
conventionalised An excellent and rare sunflower tile, found
on sheet 27 in the Mintons catalogue the first
full sheet of embossed patterns and dating from
1891. Embossed and indented making quite high
relief, finished in earth tones and wonderfully
brilliant glazes, especially rare for this and
other Mintons' patterns from the period are
almost invariably found monochrome. Polychrome
majolica tiles from Mintons almost always are
low relief with a raised outline to contain the
glazes, decorating embossed tiles in polychrome
glazes was very difficult requiring both great
skill of the painter and techincal expertise in
glaze manufacture. The reproduced 'circa 1885' Mintons catalogue
(actually dating from 1883) incudes two sheets
of embossed tiles of later date, 1891/92, which
were additional sheets with the catalogue. This
can readily be verified by looking at the
pattern numbers. The introduction to the
catalgue is therefore in error for Mintons far
from leading the way were almost a decade behind
Maw & Co. whose photographic catalogue sheet
of embossed tiles dating from 1883 is reproduced
in Barnard. Versos clean, some clay loss from
original adhesive and remnants of later
adhesive, embossed Mintons etc, painted pattern
number. Verso very clean, embossed Mintons etc.
Condition: Near
perfect
Price: £120 (approx $168)
Stock number: 06384B
Technique: Embossed
majolica
Maker: Mintons
Dimensions: 6" x
6"
Date: circa 1893
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