Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Tile

ca. 1900 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tile painted over glaze on a white slip with an underwater scene of mermaids or river maidens. The colouring is predominately green, dark blue and brown.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware with painted decoration on a white slip
Brief description
Tile painted over glaze on a white slip, one of a panel of four tiles, Staffordshire, Minton Hollins & Co., ca. 1900.
Physical description
Tile painted over glaze on a white slip with an underwater scene of mermaids or river maidens. The colouring is predominately green, dark blue and brown.
Dimensions
  • Length: 20.3cm
  • Width: 20.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
'MINTON / HOLLINS / & co / PATENT / TILE/WORKS / STOKE ON TRENT 145 W' (On the reverse)
Object history
Part of a panel C.209 to C-1976.
Historical context
(1976) Note in Register: Style of painting is continental (the Vienna Secessionist style) rather than English.
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.209-1976

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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