Tile thumbnail 1
On display
Image of Gallery in South Kensington

Tile

ca. 1842-44 (made)
Artist/Maker
Minton (manufacturer)
A.W. Pugin (designer)
Place of origin
Stoke-on-Trent (made)

The Gothic Revival designer A.W.N.Pugin reputedly made drawings for tiles during his many journeys on the night train from London to Staffordshire while engaged in works for the Earl of Shrewsbury. This tile, adorned with a lion rampant, comes from Alton Towers, Shrewsbury's seat.

Object details

Categories
Tiles
Earthenware
Object type
Tile
Materials and techniques
Red earthenware with inlaid decoration
Earthenware
Glaze
Inlaid
Brief description
Tile of earthenware with inlaid decoration, designed by A.W.N. Pugin, made by Minton, Stoke-on-Trent, England, c.1842-44.
Physical description
Earthenware square tile with bevelled edges and hand-keyed back (irregular pointed stab marks). In encaustic style with inlaid buff clay on red body, the inlay covered with a yellow glaze. This designis of a rampant lion surround by a border, in yellow on red.
Dimensions
  • Approx. width: 14.7cm
Style
Gothic Revival
Credit line
Given by the Board of Trustees of the National Portrait Gallery
Object history
From Alton Towers, Staffordshire.
Exhibited in Pugin: A Gothic Passion, V&A, 1994.
Subject depicted
Lion
Summary
The Gothic Revival designer A.W.N.Pugin reputedly made drawings for tiles during his many journeys on the night train from London to Staffordshire while engaged in works for the Earl of Shrewsbury. This tile, adorned with a lion rampant, comes from Alton Towers, Shrewsbury's seat.
Bibliographic references
  • Graves, Alun. Tiles and Tilework of Europe. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 2002, fig 5.3, p114.
  • Paul Atterbury and Clive Wainwright (eds.), Pugin: A Gothic Passion, New Haven and London, 1994, p.145-6.
  • Hans van Lemmen 'Encaustic Tiles, in Minton Tiles 1835-1935, Stoke-on-Trent, p.8-10
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.224-1993

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Record createdMarch 4, 2004
Record URL
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