Romeo and Juliet I.
Tile
ca.1880 (made)
ca.1880 (made)
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Minton tile printed in underglaze blue with an image showing an incident in the first scene of Romeo and Juliet. Sampson and Gregory, servants of the Capulet family, are confronting Abraham and Balthasar, who serve the rival Montague family, and Sampson bites his thumb at the Montagues to show his contempt for them. Mounted in a wooden frame with four tiles from the same Minton Shakespeare series illustrating incidents from King Lear, Act V, scene iii; King Lear, Act l, scene i; The Tempest, Act ll, scene ii, and Hamlet, Act l, scene i. Designed by John Moyr Smith (1839-1912).
Object details
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| Title | Romeo and Juliet I. (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | Glazed earthenware |
| Brief description | Minton tile printed with an image of an incident in Act l, scene i, of Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet. Designed by John Moyr Smith (1839-1912) |
| Physical description | Square encaustic tile decorated in underglaze blue with triangular decorative pattern in each corner surrounding a central image within a roundel depicting the encounter between the Capulet servants Sampson and Gregory, and the Montague servants Abraham and Balthasar, with Sampson biting his thumb at the Montagues, an incident in Romeo and Juliet, Act l, scene i. Mounted in a wooden frame with four tiles from the same Minton Shakespeare series. |
| Credit line | Harry R. Beard Collection, given by Isobel Beard |
| Literary reference | Romeo and Juliet |
| Summary | Minton tile printed in underglaze blue with an image showing an incident in the first scene of Romeo and Juliet. Sampson and Gregory, servants of the Capulet family, are confronting Abraham and Balthasar, who serve the rival Montague family, and Sampson bites his thumb at the Montagues to show his contempt for them. Mounted in a wooden frame with four tiles from the same Minton Shakespeare series illustrating incidents from King Lear, Act V, scene iii; King Lear, Act l, scene i; The Tempest, Act ll, scene ii, and Hamlet, Act l, scene i. Designed by John Moyr Smith (1839-1912). |
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| Accession number | S.884-1981 |
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| Record created | November 21, 2011 |
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