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

Tile

after 1879 (made), ca. 1879 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dust-pressed earthenware tile, transfer-printed in underglaze black from a copper plate. The design is of highland sheep in mountainous country.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware, transfer-printed in underglaze brown
Brief description
Tile, lead-glazed earthenware, designed by William Wise, manufactured by Minton's China Works, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, designed ca. 1879, manufactured after 1879.
Physical description
Dust-pressed earthenware tile, transfer-printed in underglaze black from a copper plate. The design is of highland sheep in mountainous country.
Dimensions
  • Length: 15.2cm
  • Width: 15.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'MINTONS CHINA WORKS STOKE ON TRENT' and globe mark (lettered MINTON) on base
  • 'W. WISE' signed
Object history
From one of two series of tiles:"Animals of the Farm" or " Cattle Subjects". William Wise took the designs from Robin Hills' "Etchings of Animals Drawn from Nature" (1798-1815).
Subject depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Whiteley, J. "Was William Wise a Plagiarist", in Glazed Expressions, summer 1981, p. 1.
  • Lockett, T. Collecting Victorian Tiles, 1979, pp. 106-7.
Collection
Accession number
C.13-1986

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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