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Tile

ca. 1925 (made)
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Place of origin

Earthenware, with matt, leadless glaze, the design painted on a whitish ground is of a stylised boat (like a dhow), with 2 men wielding paddles in the prow and 4 passengers, painted in blue, purple and brown, the clay is white, the reverse has the lettering in relief, "Made in England" and painted inside the top edge, D.C. 165/2. English (Pilkington), about 1925

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Tile, manufacturer Pilkingtons Tile and Pottery Co. Ltd, Clifton Junction, near Manchester, England about 1925

Earthenware, with matt, leadless glaze, the design painted on a whitish ground is of a stylised boat (like a dhow), with 2 men wielding paddles in the prow and 4 passengers, painted in blue, purple and brown, the clay is white, the reverse has the lettering in relief, "Made in England" and painted inside the top edge, D.C. 165/2. English (Pilkington), about 1925
Physical description
Earthenware, with matt, leadless glaze, the design painted on a whitish ground is of a stylised boat (like a dhow), with 2 men wielding paddles in the prow and 4 passengers, painted in blue, purple and brown, the clay is white, the reverse has the lettering in relief, "Made in England" and painted inside the top edge, D.C. 165/2. English (Pilkington), about 1925
Gallery label
(16/07/2008)
Tile
manufacturer Pilkingtons Tile and Pottery Co. Ltd, Clifton Junction, near Manchester, England About 1925


C.136-1980
Object history
Purchased from the exhibition of Pilkington's Pottery at the Upper Chenil Gallery, 1980.
Bibliographic reference
Cross, A. J. Pilkingtons Royal Lancastrian Pottery and Tiles. London : Richard Dennis, 1980. Illustrated, Plate 14 centre, p23.
Collection
Accession number
C.136-1980

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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