CHRISTOPHER DRESSER TILE WITH BUTTERFLIES
This six inch tile has a series of repeating squares, including a border of repeating stylized butterflies. The central square cartouche has a circular burst of flower stamens, but the flower is not recognizable, again due to the stylized reduction of the botanical study to a geometricized motif. The background clay is cream colored the transfer is dominantly brown with deep yellow highlights. It was probably for a fire place, as there are related ...click for details
MINTON TURQUOISE AND BLACK TILE WITH A GREEK KEY OR SWASTIKA AND STYLIZED BLOSSOMS
This six inch square tile has a Greek key or swastika design. C. 1870s. The deep turquoise on black is very dramatic. It is in excellent condition. The tile is marked MINTON HOLLINS & CO, PATENT, STOKE ON TRENT, No. 2
English Art Nouveau Tulip Tile, Green & White
This unusual artist designed transferware has an overall design of green, in light to dark shades on a white background. The tulip design is flowing and crisp on the white background. The tile is 6" square. It appears to be in excellent condition and is protectively housed in a contrasting Australian dark wood frame (mahogany?) so that the tile is part of a trivet. The maker of this tile is unknown.
LARGE ENGLISH AESTHETIC TRANSFER TILE, FLOWERS IN VASE
This eight inch square tile has a superb design, with highly stylized geometric flowers It is a study of brown and white, with a bold design, placing the vase of flowers against a dramatic dark brown circular background. The surrounding area includes geometricized patterns. This rare tile was probably made c. 1880. The tile is in excellent condition without chips, cracks or even edge nibbles!
AESTHETIC MOVEMENT COPELAND COMPOTE WITH STORK, BUTTERFLY AND BAMBOO. AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF JAPONISME! c.1870s ............... This colorful Aesthetic Movement transferware compote features a hand painted Japanesque design of palm or bamboo trees on a small island, storks and herons with fish in its beak. A butterfly hovers near the rim. The pattern is numbered D9875 and is marked in red ink. The cream-colored fluted compote is approx. 8.5” in diameter and almost 3” high. The vario ...click for details
A Whimsical Aesthetic Transferware Plate
"A HARD NUT TO CRACK" by Brownfield , 1879
Amusing story! Two elves trying to control the nutcracker but the walnut seems to be winning! Note the Aesthetic period wine flagon in the background, including a mask-like face for the spout. Flow blue transfer on ivory background. Condition: good, no cracks or hairlines. Small chip at 11 0'clock, and another at 4 o'clock. Gilded edge is worn. As a wall plate it will look great! Really ...click for details
AESTHETIC MOVEMENT BLUE AND WHITE PLATE BY WEDGWOOD, MARIGOLD Pattern, c. 1870s.
This Aesthetic Movement design of the 1890s has a medium but bright blue transfer on white. Wedgwood first introduced the MARIGOLD design in 1878. The pattern features very stylized representations of marigolds that cover both the interior of the plate, as well as the repeating border design in addition to the Eastern or Islamic arches. It’s a beautiful and bold design! The plate is 10” in diameter. The con ...click for details
AESTHETIC TRANSFERWARE VEGETABLE BOWL IN THE HONG KONG PATTERN BY Powell Bishop and Stonier.
Here is a beautifully hand painted polychrome Aesthetic transferware desing in the HONG KONG pattern. It is an Oriental influenced design with tropical plants and flying birds, very much in the Chinoiserie tradition. The bowl is in excellent condition. It is approx. 11” long, 7 incheswide and approx. 2 inches deep. The condition is excellent with no chips, cracks or hairlines.
“The Ape and the Roasted Chestnuts” is the title of the design for this hard to find plate, based on a tile design by John Moyr Smith from the Aesop’s Fable series of tiles. The chocolate brown transfer on white clay is quite striking. There are at least six tiles in the Fables series. It is harder to find the plate versions than the actual tiles. The plate measures 8 3/4" in diameter.
Markings on the back include “MINTONS” mark and date cypher (an arrow symbol) for the year 1874. ...click for details
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“The Wolf and the Crane” is the title of the design for this hard to find plate, based on a tile design by John Moyr Smith from the Aesop’s Fable series of tiles. The chocolate brown transfer on white clay is quite striking. There are at least six tiles in the Fables series. It is harder to find the plate versions than the actual tiles. The plate measures 8 3/4" in diameter.
Markings on the back include “MINTONS” mark and date cypher (an arrow symbol) for the year 1874. The plate ...click for details
