Minute manufacturing blemish mid left edge. Style: Aesthetic Movement nature
study A superb aesthetic movement nature study
design with naturalistic heron and kingfisher,
butterfly and fish, bullrushes and water lilies.
Quite an amazing tile for this less-than leading
company which perfectly encapsulates the essence
of the style. The only mass produced tile with
such eclectic pond-life decoration,
mass-produced being printed but rarely found,
similar designs found on studio tile panels and
in other media such as stained glass and other
painted wares. An evocative example of the
style, rarely found on tiles and a wnderful
addition to any collection of Aesthetic Movement
designs. Stubbs & Hodgart are little known of, the
company mainly produced transfer printed designs
but also some stencilled and slip decorated
indeed they patented a slip painting process.
The catalogue sheet shown in Lockett is rather
misleading for it shows embossed tiles made by
Boote, Stubbs & Hodgart was a distributor
for Boote and were one of many companies who
decorated Boote's blanks so its wares are mostly
difficult to identify. This design appears in The Decorated Tile by
J & B Austwick, it was thirty years or so
after seeing the book, where it is described as
Crystal Porcelain Pottery Co c.1885 that I
actually found an example. It seems likely that
CPP either used designs by other companies or
other companies used their blanks when a
porcelain body was required for several designs
by Steele & Wood are also found on CPP
blanks. Being by S&H rather than CPP makes
the rarity less understandable apart from the
date, had it been introduced a decade earlier it
would surely have been much more popular but by
1889 the aesthetic movement style was past its
peak. Verso clear of adhesive residue, very
slightly grubby, Boote ring grip pattern,
printed design registration number.
Condition: Very near
perfect
Price: £180 (approx $245)
Stock number: 05766I
Ttechnique: Printed & paibnted
Maker: Stubbs & Hodgart
Dimensions: 6" x 6"
Date: 1889 (registered)
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