Condition: Excellent Excellent condition, some minor marks around the
rim and from the original fireplace frame. Style:
Pictorial landscape The printing was cutting edge technology of
the times and twelve inch by six inch tiles were
about four times the price of six inch by six
inch tiles so these were quite expensive and
primarily used as the centrepieces of fireplace
cheek panels in better quality houses. Verso very clean with the company's
registered design trademark.
Price: £65 (approx $103)
Ref no: #04676
Technique: Colour print and
fill
Maker: The Decorative Art Tile
Co.
Dimensions: 6"
x 12"
Date: circa
1900
A Scottish landscape with castle, loch
and mountains one of a series (presumably of
twelve) Scottish landscapes. A circular print of
excellent quality for the times set in the
middle and painted out to fill the tile. The
prints were standard for the tableware
manufacturers of The Potteries and were also
popular for tiles being used by a number of
manufacturers mostly on six inch tiles but
occassionally on twelve inch as this and
sometimes as this painted out for the design to
fill the tile. Inverlachy Castle as named on the
tile and known at the time, now known as
Inverlochy Castle.
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