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No damage just minor manufacturing flaws
consistent with constraints of the times. Style/technique: Aesthetic print A stylised shell motif is the most prominent
feature of this design with classical ribbons
and an inverted devil's fork or trident beneath,
further basketweave hatching to corners. I don't
know if the design has any particular symbolism
but overall it is excellent, well suited for
iron firaplces and a good bold design
anyway. R W Crosthwaite was a major ironfoundry in
Thornaby on Tees who had tiles made by several
of the notable C19th tile manufacturers but only
those who made good tiles. This appears to be by
Ollivant who is known to have made designs for
another foundry, others have been seen made for
them by Sherwin & Cotton. As exclusives to
this company they are quite rarely found in the
market today. Verso apparently by Ollivant, bears printed
pattern number and design registration number
(Ollivant pattern and Crosthwaite
registration). No damage just minor manufacturing flaws
consistent with constraints of the times. No damage just minor manufacturing flaws
consistent with constraints of the times. The image is full size at 72 dpi (about 430
pixels wide) in maximum quality JPEG format, 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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