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

This object consists of 11 parts, some of which may be located elsewhere.

Shakespeare

Tile Set
ca. 1873 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dust-pressed eartheware tiles, transfer-printed (block-printed) with designs depicting scenes from Shakespeare.


Object details

Object type
Parts
This object consists of 11 parts.

  • Tile
  • Tile
  • Tile
  • Tile
  • Tile
  • Tile
  • Tile
  • Tile
  • Tile
  • Tile
  • Tile
TitleShakespeare
Materials and techniques
Earthenware, dust-pressed, with transfer-printed (block-printed) decoration
Brief description
Tiles printed with designs depicting scenes from Shakespeare, designed by John Moyr Smith, Minton's China Works, ca.1873
Physical description
Dust-pressed eartheware tiles, transfer-printed (block-printed) with designs depicting scenes from Shakespeare.
Dimensions
  • Height: 15.3cm
  • Width: 15.3cm
  • Individual tile depth: 1cm
Bibliographic references
  • Lockett, Terence. Collecting Victorian Tiles. Woodbridge : Antique Collectors Club, 1979. pp126-9.
  • Austwick, J & B. The Decorated Tile. London : Pitman House, 1980. p147.
Collection
Accession number
C.15 to J-1971

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Record createdAugust 12, 1998
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