Condition: Very fine Exceedingly minor marks to the edges, very
tiny/minute chips and glaze losses, surface is
perfect. Style/technique: Pictorial print A pastoral scene of of cattle paddling in and
drinking of a river tributary with a bridge
nearby. Transfer printed from an engraving
almost certainly by L T Swetnam (Wise died two
years before the series was introduced) and in a
good shade of blue on white, given the theme of
the series being water blue is perhaps the most
appropriate colour for printing. A rare series, I don't believe all have been
recorded in modern times and old records of this
series prove elusive, don't be put off that we
have a few on the site it is merely because over
the last few years we have been seeking them out
for research. 'Waterside Architecture' is probably the last
6" x 6" landscape series that Mintons China
Works produced and the only one I have seen in
post 1900 catalogues. The theme apparently is of
waterways and pools with man-made structures
nearby which include bridges, mills, towers etc,
I can recall seeing maybe eight or ten so
presumably a series of twelve but they don't
come along very often. A great series to collect
or a great gift for the fisherman! Pattern number 2475 will date the series'
introduction to early 1891, pattern number 2469
is also of waterside architecture views (eg
Warwick Castle) but in 6" x 12" and 12" x 6"
format. Verso perfectly clean, embossed Mintons
etc. The image is full size at 72 dpi (about 430
pixels wide) in maximum quality JPEG format and on
screen is about the size as it would be in real
life at the same distance. A larger 120 dpi image
also in maximum quality JPEG format can be
forwarded by email if required. The image is a little oversize rather than
cropped close to the edges so that the edges can
easily be seen and any chips etc can be quickly
spotted. Other marks described are usually not
visible at all when the tile is viewed straight as
one normally sees it and can only be seen with a
critical eye when the tile is tilted to catch
imperfections in reflected light. For more details
of how we describe marks see Condition.
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