Condition: Very
fine Overall very fine, many tiles perfect, five with
noticable chips, gilding near perfect. Style: Rococo A lively rococo design embossed in quite high
relief bright white and gilded the gilding is
almost completely undamaged or worn as is often
the case with gilded decoration due to being
behind the relief of the embossed pattern. These
are very rare tiles and were phenomenally
expensive in their day, this group represents
seven weeks wages for the skilled pottery worker
of the late nineteenth century each tile
representing almost a day's wage. Priced in the
manufacturers catalogue at fifteen shillings per
dozen for comparison the same design in a
monochrome glaze was five shillings and sixpence
per dozen. Versos perfectly clean, embossed The
Broughton. These are top quality tiles made for the
renowned Manchester art tile specialists C. P.
Sutcliffe & Sons, made by Maw & Co, of
Jackfield, Shropshire, the greatest tile
manufacturer in the world ever. Maw & Co
made more gilded tiles than I have seen than any
ther manufacturer which is rather surprising as
one would assume pottery and china makers who
regularly gilded their wares would have produced
more than a tile specialist. These tiles represent an incredible
opportunity to create a unique interior design
feature, they don't have to be used en-bloc but
could be used as a frieze or border or
interspersed with plain field tiles in chequer
arrangement or more widely dispersed, the field
tiles could be a colour match with the
background or a contrasting colour. Click the image below for a supersize
picture. The tiles with the most damage are on
the bottom row.
Price: £1500 (approx $1961)
Stock number: P0034
Technique: Embossed majolica and
gilded
Designers: C. P. Sutcliffe of Broughton
Maker: Maw & Co.
Dimensions: 6" x
6"
Date: 1895 (circa)
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