Tile
ca. 1850 (designed)
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In medieval times, tiles were decorated with inlaid clays of different colours. During the Gothic revival, and encouraged by the designer A.W.N Pugin, Herbert Minton developed techniques for producing inlaid tiles in the medieval style, which went into production at Minton and Co. from the 1830s.
The tiles were created by pressing malleable 'plastic' clay into a mould. The mould left impressions on the surface of the tile, which were then filled with coloured liquid clay before the tile was dried and fired at high temperature.
Heraldic patterns were popular designs, and they were sometimes produced on commission. Minton tiles were also used extensively in the nineteenth-century renovation of medieval churches.
The tiles were created by pressing malleable 'plastic' clay into a mould. The mould left impressions on the surface of the tile, which were then filled with coloured liquid clay before the tile was dried and fired at high temperature.
Heraldic patterns were popular designs, and they were sometimes produced on commission. Minton tiles were also used extensively in the nineteenth-century renovation of medieval churches.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | earthenware with encaustic decoration |
| Brief description | Encaustic, earthenware, Minton, about 1850 |
| Physical description | Tile, earthenware with encaustic decoration in brown, blue and white in a buff ground of four crowns and crossed sceptres with a quatrefoil cartouche. |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
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| Credit line | Given by John Scott |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | In medieval times, tiles were decorated with inlaid clays of different colours. During the Gothic revival, and encouraged by the designer A.W.N Pugin, Herbert Minton developed techniques for producing inlaid tiles in the medieval style, which went into production at Minton and Co. from the 1830s. The tiles were created by pressing malleable 'plastic' clay into a mould. The mould left impressions on the surface of the tile, which were then filled with coloured liquid clay before the tile was dried and fired at high temperature. Heraldic patterns were popular designs, and they were sometimes produced on commission. Minton tiles were also used extensively in the nineteenth-century renovation of medieval churches. |
| Bibliographic reference | Wedgwood, Alexandra, A.W.N.Pugin and the Pugin Family: Catalogue of Architectural Drawings in the Victoria and Albert Museum London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1985. p.323 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.189-1977 |
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| Record created | November 13, 2008 |
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