MINTON AESTHETIC SUNFLOWER TILE IN BROWN AND WHITE. This 6 inch square Aesthetic Movement tile has a geometric border consisting of 4 bars of leafy design. The coloring is various shades of brown on cream clay. The tile is in very good condition with only the tiniest edge nibbles. This is part of THE SUNFLOWER TILE COLLECTION.
$245.00 Special Discount of 25% until April 30, 2009
RARE TILE OF A HAND PAINTED STORK, designed by Pierre Mallet For a long time, I tried to find the designer and/or maker of this tile, and finally came across clues on P.95 of Maureen Batkin's book, Wedgwood Ceramics 1846-1959, where one plate has the same long legged stork with both wings raised like a cloak. The stork almost takes on human qualities, with its exagerrated eyes and posture. Pierre Mallet and Gustave Leonce were French designers who worked in England, designing for Wedgwoo ...click for details
AESTHETIC ENGLISH TRANSFER BOTANICAL TILE OF CLIMBING ROSES set in a geometric border of triangles, but extending into the border. The transfer is brown on white clay, but coloring includes white roses, various shades of green on the leaves, against a black background, which makes the image of the roses more dramatic. The grid of the tile back suggests the tile was made by the manufacturer T G & F Booth The tile is in very good condition, with some tiny edge nibbles. It was probably used ...click for details
A POLYCHROME AESTHETIC TRANSFERWARE PRINT TILE from the Sunflower Collection. The 6 inches square tile is printed with bright yellow, greens and browns. It is in excellent condition
ROYAL COPENHAGEN FAIENCE / FAJANCE - HUGE FRUIT BOWL
This large Royal Copenhagen Conical Faience Bowl with nut and berry motifs was probably made in the 1940s in Denmark. (The dessert plates have been sold!)
The main coloring is a light rust brown color with a circular design of nuts and leaves in the center of the bowl. The shapes were very modern at the time, and are almost rimless discs of color with different nut and berry designs in their centers. The bowl is very good condition. ...click for details
$125.00 for each plate. Discounts for multiple purchases
FRENCH AESTHETIC JAPANESQUE MAJOLICA PLATES BY CHOISY-LE-ROI, c. 1870s.
Here is a series of plates with exceptional Aesthetic Movement designs from the company of Hautin & Boulanger of Choisy-le-Roi. The plates reveal strong Japanesque/Oriental influences. There are 12 designs in the series but it is hard to find all of them. The series were designed in the Japanese taste, with reference to the studies of the Japanese master, Hokusai, known as the Manga. The plates use the Email Ombrant ...click for details
... $350.00 Special Discount of 20% until April 30, 2009
Wedgwood tureen, BANQUET, designed by Thomas Allen.
The BANQUET Series was first introduced by Wedgwood in 1878. The designer of the series was Thomas Allen, a prominent designer of his time. He joined Wedgwood in 1875, and by 1878 was made Studio Director. The BANQUET SERIES features a multi motif pattern, with drawings and mottos to reflect the various course of a meal. It has distinctive borders depicting various animals such as rabbits and birds as well as cameos of classical style chara ...click for details
MINTON BLUE JAPANESE CRANE PLATE, Christopher Dresser
This has a wonderful design with cranes flying above the waves. The waves are in various colors. The plate is 9.25” in diameter and relates to another r Christopher Dresser design on a tile for Minton, also with cranes flying over waves. The plate is in very good condition, with a small chip on the base rim. It is also rarer to find this version of the design with the subtly reds, blues and yellows in the wave border. Probably from the ...click for details
MINTON NATURALIST PLATE, PIERRE MALLET, DUCKLING & LEAPING FROG. he duckling is standing with his mouth wide open, either hoping to catch the frog for a meal, or agape that the from is managing to escape him! Minton produced a series depicting ducklings at play in the yard or foraging for food. This plate has a black transfer on a celadon green clay background, enhanced with hand painting in yellow on the duckling and green on the frog and the pond lily leaves. The plate is 10.25” in ...click for details
MINTON NATURALIST PLATE, Pierre Mallet, 1878, Duckling Watching Crayfish (or Lobster) for his next meal. Minton produced a series depicting ducklings at play in the yard or foraging for food. This plate has a black transfer on a celadon green clay background, enhanced with hand painting in yellow on the duckling and brown on the lobster. The plate is 10.25” in diameter and is in very good condition. There is tiny chip in the bowl of the plate, hidden among grasses, and rubbing of the glaz ...click for details
