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Tile Set

About 1850-1851 (made)
Artist/Maker
Rafael Gonzalez Valls (manufacturer)
Place of origin
Valencia

Two tiles. Each is decorated with a painted foliate design in bright blue on a white ground. They were probably intended for use as a border. The tiles are mounted in their original frame along with four other tiles of different design (C.92:3 to 6-1998).


Object details

Object type
Tile set
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Tile
  • Tile
Materials and techniques
Earthenware with painted decoration
Earthenware
Brief description
Two tiles with painted foliate decoration in bright blue, Gonzalez Valls, c.1850-51
Physical description
Two tiles. Each is decorated with a painted foliate design in bright blue on a white ground. They were probably intended for use as a border. The tiles are mounted in their original frame along with four other tiles of different design (C.92:3 to 6-1998).
Dimensions
  • Each tile height: 20.3cm
  • Each tile width: 20.3cm
  • Each tile thickness: 1.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
'FABRICAS AZULEJOS / RAFAEL GONZALEZ VALLS / EN VALENCIA / Premiado con el uso de las armas de la Sociedad Amigos del Pais en 1844' (label; on back of frame)
Object history
The tiles were found in the museum, but are recorded as previously belonging to the collection Illustrating Construction and Building Materials in the South Kensington Museum (see references). The tiles had previously been exhibited in the Great Exhibition, 1851. The tiles are in the original manufacturer's frame.
Bibliographic references
  • Sandham, Henry (ed.). Science and Art Department of the Committee of Council on Education, Catalogue of the Collection Illustrating Construction and Building Materials in the South Kensington Museum. 3rd ed., London, 1862.
  • Ray, Anthony. Spanish Pottery 1248-1898 : with a catalogue of the collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum London, V&A Publications, 2000 1013 C1
  • Official descriptive and illustrated catalogue of the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nation 1851. London : Spicer Bros., 1851 no. 55, v.3, p1333
  • Estall i Poles, Vicent Joan. Catálogo de la Colección de Azulejos de Serie del Siglo XIX. Castellón, n.d. [2000], pp23-24.
  • Graves, Alun. Tiles and Tilework of Europe. London, 2002, pp133-5.
Other numbers
  • CER.LOST OK.105 - Previous LOST number
  • CER.LOST OK.168, 169, 170, 171 - Previous LOST number
  • CER.LOST OK.173, 174 - Previous LOST number
  • CER.LOST OK.176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195 - Previous LOST number
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.92:1-1998

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Record createdAugust 14, 2002
Record URL
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