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This object consists of 16 parts, some of which may be located elsewhere.

Aesop's Fables

Tile Set
ca. 1880 (made)
Artist/Maker
W. B. Simpson & Sons Ltd. (makers)
Place of origin
London (decorated)

One of sixteen earthenware tiles with scenes from Aesop's Fables painted in the same shades of brown, green, yellow, and blue on a cream-coloured ground. England, probably W. B. Simpson and Co, about 1900.
Dust-pressed tiles painted in shades of brown, green, yellow and blue, with scenes from Aesop's fables. The tiles are not marked with a factory name.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Tiles
Object type
Tile set
Parts
This object consists of 16 parts.

  • Tile
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TitleAesop's Fables (series title)
Materials and techniques
Earthenware, dust-pressed, with hand-painted decoration
Earthenware
Dust-Pressed
Brief description
One of sixteen earthenware tiles with scenes from Aesop's Fables painted in the same shades of brown, green, yellow, and blue on a cream-coloured ground. England, probably W. B. Simpson and Co, about 1900.
Physical description
One of sixteen earthenware tiles with scenes from Aesop's Fables painted in the same shades of brown, green, yellow, and blue on a cream-coloured ground. England, probably W. B. Simpson and Co, about 1900.
Dust-pressed tiles painted in shades of brown, green, yellow and blue, with scenes from Aesop's fables. The tiles are not marked with a factory name.
Dimensions
  • From register height: 6in
Marks and inscriptions
Transliteration
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Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.70 to O-1975

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Record createdAugust 11, 1998
Record URL
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