Tile
- Place of origin:
Stoke-on-Trent, England (made)
- Date:
- Artist/Maker:
Pugin, Augustus Welby Northmore, born 1812 - died 1852 (designer)
Minton & Co. (manufacturer)
- Materials and Techniques:
Earthenware with majolica glaze
- Credit Line:
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
- Museum number:
- Gallery location:
World Ceramics, room 145, case 13, shelf 3
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This tile was made by Minton & Co. as part of the large stove designed by A.W.N Pugin for the medieval Court at the Great Exhibition, 1851. The stove was constructed of majolica-glazed tiles set in an iron frame made by Hardman of Birmingham, some of the upper tiles, such as this one, being perforated.
Pugin was one of the leading figures of the Gothic Revival in England. He produced a number of designs for Minton, including tableware.
Physical description
Tile, relief-moulded and pierced earthenware with majolica glaze in yellow, turquoise, dark blue, lilac, white and red. Decorated with a foliated device in a quatrefoil-shaped compartment, with similar foliage in the angles of the tile.
Place of Origin
Stoke-on-Trent, England (made)
Date
1850-1851 (made)
Artist/maker
Pugin, Augustus Welby Northmore, born 1812 - died 1852 (designer)
Minton & Co. (manufacturer)
Materials and Techniques
Earthenware with majolica glaze
Marks and inscriptions
[Illegible inscription]
Dimensions
Height: 22.5 cm, Width: 22.5 cm
Object history note
Acquired by the Museum of Practical Geology (Jermyn Street Collection) from the Exhibition, after which the stove was apparently dismantled. Transferred to the V&A in 1901.
Descriptive line
Tile, relief-moulded and pierced earthenware with majolica glaze. Designed by A.W.N. Pugin for the Great Exhibition, made by Minton, about 1851.
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
Atterbury, Paul. Ceramics. in Paul Atterbury and Clive Wainwright, eds. Pugin: A Gothic Passion.London: Yale & Victoria and Albert Museum, 1994
Wedgwood, Alexandra, A.W.N.Pugin and the Pugin Family: Catalogue of Architectural Drawings in the Victoria and Albert Museum London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1985. p.324
Van Lemmen, 1984
Exhibition History
Pugin: A Gothic Passion (Victoria and Albert Museum 15/06/1994-11/09/1994)
Materials
Earthenware
Techniques
Glazed; Moulded; Pierced
Subjects depicted
Foliation (pattern)
Categories
Ceramics; Earthenware
Production Type
Mass produced
Collection code
CER
