Not currently on display at the V&A

Tile Set

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

Panel of three tiles of earthenware transfer-printed with brown enamel and painted with enamels. Each is printed with a quatrefoil-shaped medallion with conventional foliage in the angles of the tile. The flower is coloured crimson, blue and yellow on the respective tiles, with green foliage, and the angles are coloured olive-green.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 3 parts.

  • Tiles
  • Tiles
  • Tiles
Materials and techniques
Earthenware transfer-printed with brown enamel and painted with enamels
Brief description
Panel of three tiles of earthenware transfer-printed with brown enamel and painted with enamels, made by Ferdinando Lefevre, Rome, 19th century.
Physical description
Panel of three tiles of earthenware transfer-printed with brown enamel and painted with enamels. Each is printed with a quatrefoil-shaped medallion with conventional foliage in the angles of the tile. The flower is coloured crimson, blue and yellow on the respective tiles, with green foliage, and the angles are coloured olive-green.
Dimensions
  • Each tile length: 11.7cm
  • Each tile width: 11.7cm
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
4169:1 to 3-1901

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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