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

Tile

ca. 1875 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tile of earthenware with design painted in a white slip on thin probably Dutch tiles; the style is Islamic with stylised flowers, buds and leaves in deep blue and some parts in Dutch sage-green. Unmarked.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware with painted decoration
Brief description
Tile, earthenware with painted decoration, probably made in the Netherlands, decorated in England, ca. 1875
Physical description
Tile of earthenware with design painted in a white slip on thin probably Dutch tiles; the style is Islamic with stylised flowers, buds and leaves in deep blue and some parts in Dutch sage-green. Unmarked.
Production
May Morris (1860-1938) has been suggested as possibly the artist.
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.188-1976

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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