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

Tile

ca. 1870 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tile of earthenware with relief design glazed in maiolica colours. Four blue palmettes on a white ground arranged round a maroon coloured aster at the centre. The palmettes are superposed by green relief leaves.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware with relief design glazed in maiolica colours
Brief description
Tile of earthenware with relief design glazed in maiolica colours, Minton & Co., Stoke-on-Trent, ca. 1870
Physical description
Tile of earthenware with relief design glazed in maiolica colours. Four blue palmettes on a white ground arranged round a maroon coloured aster at the centre. The palmettes are superposed by green relief leaves.
Dimensions
  • Length: 15.2cm
  • Width: 15.2cm
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.234-1976

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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