Swan
Tile
1975 (designed), 1975-85 (produced)
1975 (designed), 1975-85 (produced)
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Blank white tile with coloured dust-pressed decoration of a standing swan.
Object details
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| Title | Swan (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Black earthenware tile, white glaze, dust-pressed, sgraffito. The sgraffito technique is done when dry, the design is scratched through a white glaze to the biscuit beneath. In the case of the black and white tiles, they are tehn fired to 1060 degrees celsius. |
| Brief description | One of four tiles, dust-pressed black earthenware with painted sgraffito decoration, with white glaze, 'Swan' tile, a standing swan, industrially made blank, interlaced "CS" monogram bottom left, "PLATT FERROLITE ENGLAND" moulded on back. England, designed by Christina Sheppard in 1975, in production until 1985. |
| Physical description | Blank white tile with coloured dust-pressed decoration of a standing swan. |
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| Credit line | Given by Christina Sheppard |
| Production | Designed in 1975, in production until 1985. |
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| Accession number | C.73:2-1994 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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