Arts & Crafts Aesthetic Movement Painted Tile • Condition: Fine • Price: £180 (approx $254) • Stock number: 07180 UK First Class +£5 EU Airmail +£10 US and World Airmail +£20 Currency Converter Ask a question Quite the best condition that I have seen for one of these tiles with only very minor marks.   • Style: Aesthetic movement • Technique: Painted • Maker: Shrigley & Hunt • Dimensions: 6" x 6" • Date: 1880 (circa)    A super tile from this noted Lancaster and London based bespoke tile decorators painted in three colours in a free aesthetic style. The patterns on the blue parts are incised, the paint was applied as a block colour, allowed to dry and the pattern scraped in a similar manner to sgraffito decoration. A chequer pattern albeit arranged so that a square is at the centre of a tile rather than the cross of the trellis, this confuses many even writers about tiles and arts & crafts however if seen as a panel on a wall rather than loose tiles I am sure it would be evident to all. The design is familar, I have had a group before and also seen other examples on Minton, Hollins & Co. tiles with stencilled S&H, this is unusually if not rarely in my experience painted on a tile by Wm Godwin and without the S&H stencil but I have no doubt that it is S&H. Whilst Minton, Hollins & Co versos are most often seen Copeland and Mintons have also been seen decorated by S&H and the reason is quite clear to those who understand manufacturing and distribution. S&H's orders would have been far too small for M,H to entertain, likely its minimum order was 100 square yars (3,600 tiles) or £100 (quite possibly much more), so S&H would have bought from a wholesaler. And it could be that on the day, or within the week, the wholesaler was unable to supply M,H tiles so S&H selected from that which was available. Verso very clean, embossed Wm Godwin Lugwardine Hereford.   Information Tiles For Sale Contacts Order Information