• Style:
Arts & Crafts Persian
• Technique: Painted
• Maker: William de Morgan
• Dimensions:
24" x 18", 36" x 12" etc (12 tiles @
6"x6")
• Date: 1898
• Condition: Very good
• Price: £8750 (approx
$11500)
• Ref: P0065
A very rare group of William de Morgan tiles
the design in persian colours and very full with
little white space. The pattern ot often found
and not appearing in the literature, over the
past 25 years or so I have been able to find one
group of four, two pairs and a few odd ones in
mixed groups but never a reasonable group, it
requires a bare minimum of four tiles to get a
sense of the pattern and more is better.
Shown above as a panel 24" wide by 18" the
group may also be displayed in typical
splashback dimensions of 36" x 12" as shown
below or as a pair of panels 12" x 18".
Originally from a fireplace cheek the tiles
show typical marks for such original use and
having been in situ for around 120 years the
range quite typically running from near perfect
to fairly good. Some chips and flakes, light
smoke stain, cleaning marks etc. They have been
removed and cleaned only, no repair, restoration
or touching in as typical with larger groups and
panels by William de Morgan.
Half of the other fireplace cheek is
illustrated on page 66 in 'Arts & Crafts
Tiles William de Morgan' by Rob Higgins and Will
Farmer.
Versos very clean, DM 98 mark. In the same
installation tiles with the Early Fulham
rectangle and rosette marks were found
indicating the manufacture date of 1898.
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