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Art Nouveau Tubeline Tile


• Condition: Fine
• Price: £555 (approx. $763)
• Stock number: 07295

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Superficial hairline curls from just right of centre bottom edge to just left of centre near the yellow spade motif, visible on the edge but not verso, along its length there is one minute glaze chip and about an inch of fractional glaze flaking, surface otherwise is perfect no scratches or rubbing etc., four slight glaze losses to the tip of the rim.


 

Style: Art nouveau
• Technique: Tubeline & majolica glazed
• Maker: Marsden
• Dimensions: 6" x 6"
• Date: 1905 (circa)

 

So this is rare, not rocking horse dung rare but not far off. If purple is your favourite colour then you struggle especially with tiles for it is far from the easiest colour to include in interior design schemes. And it is mostly purple, like 60%, and then nearly all the rest is turquoise, brilliant turquoise, and the colours are tonal because the body is textured in a gently rolling manner.

This is the third I have offered for sale the previous two private sales so this is the first on the website, it has been in my collection and on display continuously for at least 8 - 9 years, I suspect that if I put it in a box it would burn a hole through the side of the box. The first time I saw it, probably about 17-18 years ago, there were two and my eyes popped and I had to have them, this was one, the other had had a large inclusion in the glaze ground off. So I kept both, undecided, until one went in a swap/part-ex.

The next to come along had a few minor blemishes, was missing the green glaze and had couple other minor less good features but I kept both for couple years until there was one particularly discerning customer who, quite rightly in most cases, had not seen a tubeline tile that had taken his fancy preferring embossed tiles in great part for the tonal hues of glaze colours on the relief. He bought it and of course was overjoyed for there are tonal hues as well as being tubeline due to the background texture.

So I found another which I prefer and now here is this one for sale. I did miss one a few years ago due to a misunderstanding. I also saw eight in a washstand, part of a £6000 bedroom suite sort of arts and craftsy but had been 'professionally' painted white by a bedroom suite specialist and of course framed in furniture there is the risk of damage hidden by the frame and so there was no possibility of taking on the risk.

So that's it, I remember every incident with this design for it is unforgettable. Somewhat strangely I have never seen it in any other colours. Only Marsden could have made it, well maybe perhaps Sherwins, for it is just ridiculously opulent and excessive as Marsden more than any other pulled off with aplomb.



 

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