Excellent & Rare Printed Tile • Condition: Excellent • Price: £80 (approx. $109) • Stock number: 07325 UK Special Delivery +£11 Europe Priority +£16 US and World Priority +£26 Currency Converter Ask a question Bottom corners trimmed for the original installation, one very light scratch otherwise perfect surface.   • Style: Sea Life? • Technique: Patent printed • Maker: Gerorge Marsden • Dimensions: 6" x 6" • Date: 1890 (circa)   Of all the printed tiles that I collect it is those of George Marsden that I seek and enjoy the most for Marsden had an impressible ability to combine art and technology in to the most amazing tiles. I suspect the subject here is sea creatures with shells and seaweed forming a border for perhaps an anemone but I don't know what the 'crowns' may represent. The technology is a patented printing process, I haven't seen the patent so I don't know what the process it but for sure it is more than replacing painted colours with print to save cost. The effect is etheral yet in brighter colours then those most often found printed at the time, the colours have texture rather than the flatness of block printing and subsequent process and the effect is achieved with remarkable precision. I assume the colours are laid with a single pass for there is no sign of registration errors in those I have seen albeit few and just two of this most compelling design. A more oft seen design is also found in outline print, I should find the time to study them further. Verso near clean, a little stain, unmarked save for printed 'Patent. A10'.   Information Tiles For Sale Contacts Order Information