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Mosaic Panel

mid 19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Panel composed of thirteen tiles of buff-coloured earthenware, decorated in red by B.E. Duppa's process, and of square tesserae of coloured porcelain. In the middle is a square tile with winged figure above an arch. This is surrounded by a wide band of fret pattern in mosaic composed of terracotta, light blue, black, white and buff tesserae , outside which is a border of narrow tiles decorated with dolphins in pairs and leafy scrolls. All set in a wooden frame.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware
Brief description
Panel composed of thirteen tiles of buff-coloured earthenware with mosaic in buff, terracotta, light blue, white and black surrounding the central square tile. Set in a wooden frame. Minton & Co., Stoke-on-Trent, mid 19th century.
Physical description
Panel composed of thirteen tiles of buff-coloured earthenware, decorated in red by B.E. Duppa's process, and of square tesserae of coloured porcelain. In the middle is a square tile with winged figure above an arch. This is surrounded by a wide band of fret pattern in mosaic composed of terracotta, light blue, black, white and buff tesserae , outside which is a border of narrow tiles decorated with dolphins in pairs and leafy scrolls. All set in a wooden frame.
Dimensions
  • Length: 34.9cm
  • Width: 34.9cm
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Object history
Exhibited in the Great Exhibition of 1851. Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Production
This panel illustrates a combination of several manufacturing processes all new at the time of the Great Exhibition. The tiles were made by Minton’s under Richard Prosser’s patent for the compression of powdered clay. They are decorated by a technique invented by Bryan Edward Duppa, a London portraitist and horse-painter, whereby his painting was somehow burned in to give the appearance of a red chalk drawing. The resulting work was said to bear “any amount of exposure to the weather”, and Duppa received Honourable Mention from the Exhibition Jury for this process. Minton had also newly developed the use of Prosser’s Patent for mosaic tesserae.
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Association
Collection
Accession number
2772-1901

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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