Shallow chipping top left edge, about a dozen
other very tiny chips, very short light scratches
but you have to seek them out, a few marks but all
very minor, displays superbly. Style: Stylised nature study Superb printed tile in this unusual style, a
white crown sparrow on a grape vine, well and
sensitively printed as one would expect for
Minton Hollins in dark brown. The style seen
ocassionally, having a shaded background and
double outline for the subject matter. Examples
known in the styles of the times by Marsden and
Brown, Westhead-Moore the later were copyrighted
in France and the style seems to have been
popular there. Verso very clean embossed Minton Hollins
etc.
Condition:
Excellent
Price: £120 (approx $186)
Stock number: 05211
Technique: Transfer
printed
Maker: Minton Hollins
Dimensions: 6" x 6"
Date: circa 1890
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