Early Wedgwood Creamware Tile • Condition: Good • Price: £150 (approx $200) • Stock number: 06922 UK Special Delivery +£11 Europe Priority +£16 US and World Priority £26 Currency Converter Ask a question Two very small, one tiny and a few minute rim chips, light surface marks.   • Style: Regency • Technique: Creamware with transfer print • Maker: Wedgwood • Dimensions: 6" x 6" • Date: 1825 (circa)   A very rare tile with an italinate idyllic printed landscape within a grapevine border. Wedgwood was involved in the tile business from the 1770s but only in a minor way making tiles some of which were printed by Sadler & Green. Plain tiles were popular for those that could afford them and used in dairies etc., a tile was more expensive than a similar sized plate so a few square yards at 36 tiles per square yard added up to a tidy sum. Wedgwood creamware tiles are found up until the 1870s presumably ceasing production when Wedgwood opened its specialist tile department in 1881. Being all similarly handmade it is difficult to date them, although the pattern often gives a clue I am not familiar with this. It to my eye has a regency feel to the landscape so I have suggested around 1825 but I make no claim of the accuracy, a wide range should be allowed for. The pattern was likely used on other wares perhaps tablewares the mainstay of the company or vases it being square rather than round, although square patterns were used on round plates such as those in the British Museum printed by Guy Green c.1873. Perhaps knowledgeable Wedgwood pottery collectors are familiar with the pattern or the border, if anyone recognises it I would appreciate hearing from them. Verso very clean, combed grip, this manner of combed grip, distinctively different from those by Copeland, W B Simpson etc., seen on tiles with known Wedgwood patterns.   Information Tiles For Sale Contacts Order Information