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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 144, The Headley Trust Gallery

Tile Panel

ca.1882 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This tile panel design was originally commissioned by the The Peninsular and Orient Steam Navigation co. (P&O Liners) for the Sutlej liner, the first of 12 P&O liners that De Morgan worked on between 1882 and 1900. The design responsibility was in the hands of the architect T.E.Collcutt who subcontracted the design and supply of tiles to De Morgan.

The Sutlej was built by the Barrow Shipbuilding Co. After carrying troops to the Boer War she was sold to the French in 1900 and scrapped in 1902. A photo dated 1882 shows that this panel design was used in the saloon, above the dado.

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Object details

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Object type
Parts
This object consists of 8 parts.

  • Tile
  • Tile
  • Tile
  • Tile
  • Tile
  • Tile
  • Tile
  • Tile
Materials and techniques
Earthenware, painted in colours on a white slip and covered with a clear glaze
Brief description
Tile panel, originally designed for the 'Sutlej' P&O liner, painted on blanks by William De Morgan, about 1882
Physical description
Panel of eight tiles, painted with flowers, leaves and stems in green and blue in "Persian" ogee pattern.
Dimensions
  • Height: 59cm
  • Width:
Style
Object history
Purchased
Summary
This tile panel design was originally commissioned by the The Peninsular and Orient Steam Navigation co. (P&O Liners) for the Sutlej liner, the first of 12 P&O liners that De Morgan worked on between 1882 and 1900. The design responsibility was in the hands of the architect T.E.Collcutt who subcontracted the design and supply of tiles to De Morgan.

The Sutlej was built by the Barrow Shipbuilding Co. After carrying troops to the Boer War she was sold to the French in 1900 and scrapped in 1902. A photo dated 1882 shows that this panel design was used in the saloon, above the dado.
Associated object
Bibliographic references
  • Pinkham, Roger, Catalogue of Pottery by William De Morgan (London: V&A, 1973), cat. no.81. ill.
  • Catleugh, Jon, William De Morgan Tiles (London:Trefoil books, 1983), p.107 & 110-11, plate134.
  • Greenwodd, martin, The Designs of William De Morgan, (Shepton Beauchamp: William Dennis, 1989), cat.no.1151.
Collection
Accession number
362:8-1905

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Record createdMay 18, 2009
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