Condition: Excellent Five chips to the high relief, one very small
the others tiny, very minor wear/chipping to the
rim, slight touches of rubbing to high points,
minor marks for such a dramatic tile. Style/technique: Art Nouveau majolica So quite a rarity, you have to have held one
to appreciate it and a great tile for collectors
of the more unusual art nouveau designs. Verso very clean, impressed pattern as face
to ensure consistent thickness of clay.
Price: £135 (approx $214)
Ref no: #04625
Manufacturer: Carter of Poole
Dimensions: 6" x 6"
Date: circa 1905
Carter art nouveau tiles are quite rare
and they do tend to be rather stylish. This a
dramatic floral design in high relief one of the
highest of all art nouveau tiles. Just two
colours, I've only seen a few of this design and
all either one or two colours. Not often coming
to market, I'm sure not too many were sold due
to the full design and high relief restricting
places where it could be used for example it
woiuldn't sit well in most fireplace or
washstand frames. Also such high relief takes
away from one of the import aspects of wall
tiling, ease of cleaning and durability, and
then of course there is the high price for these
were expensive tiles.
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