• Style/technique: Art nouveau majolica
• Manufacturer: Malkin Tile Works
• Pattern number: 3103
• Dimensions: 6" x 6"
• Date: circa 1905
 

• Condition: Very good
• Price: £110 (approx $219)
• Ref: #03069

Condition Report

One very tiny corner chip, hairline since it was in the kiln from the right edge, abouttwo inches on the face and less than an inch verso. Very light touches of rubbing to some high points, perfectly clean and brilliantly glazed.

 

An excellent design that fills the tile with movement, indented and embossed, nice olivy green background , almost lime green leaves and blue-green flowers.

Verso very clean with distinctive Malkin moulding.

The origin of the hairline is the chip here seen mid left edge. It can be seen that the glaze ran over the edges of the tile in a few places and stuck the tile to the kiln furniture, the hairline was caused when removing the tile. It has been there the life of the tile, around one hundred years, and is of no great concern.

The image is a little oversize rather than cropped close to the edges so that the edges can easily be seen and any chips etc can be quickly spotted. Other marks described are usually not visible at all when the tile is viewed straight as one normally sees it and can only be seen with a critical eye when the tile is tilted to catch imperfections in reflected light. For more details of how we describe marks see Condition.

The image is full size at 72 dpi (about 430 pixels wide) in maximum quality JPEG format. Customers may request a larger 120 dpi image also in maximum quality JPEG format for closer inspection which will be sent by email.