Tiny, shallow chip bottom right corner otherwise
perfect. Style: Arts & crafts floral A highly stylised 'arts & crafts movement
style' floral, perhaps orchid, design; in 'gold'
and blue and in an unusual technique. The technique is often described as
aerography, a confusing term mostly used and
described in dictionaries as study of the
atmosphere but in these instance used as a
rather fanciful name for the widely understood
process of airbrushing the suggestion being that
they were sprayed. It was apparently used almost
exclusively by George Woolliscroft & Son and
many on tiles they apparently made for Derwent
Foundry Co of Derby. The term 'aerography' is apparently based
upon a misunderstanding, given the technology
available at the time, its cost and the relative
cost of labour it appears to be a hand work
process. On close inspection of numerous
examples it appears that the colours were
applied to transfer paper by sponging through
stencils. The effect is soft as is achieved by
sponging and the texture is that of sponging;
the decoration on some examples has flaws
indicative of stencils such as elongated smudges
and also has signs of transfer printing such as
creases in the transfer paper. The logical
conclusion is that the design was sponged via
stencils on to transfer paper. It should be noted that decorating on to
transfer paper which was then applied to the
tile blank was more widely used than is
generally understood, many of the 'handpainted'
William de Morgan & Co tiles were painted on
to transfer paper with the assistance of an
outline and so more accurately may be described
as traced and coloured, de Morgan even imported
transfers that were painted in Italy. Versos very clean printed logo, pattern and
registration numbers. Perfect. One tiny, one very tiny and a couple of minute
chips left edge.
Condition: Very
fine
Price: £60 (approx $96)
Stock number: 04662
Technique: Sponged stencil
Manufacturer:
Derwent Foundry*
Dimensions: 6" x 6"
Date: design registered 1887
Condition: Perfect
Price: £75 (approx $120)
Stock number: 04662B
Condition:
Excellent
Price: £50 (approx $80)
Stock number: 04662C
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