Condition: Very fine
Price: £595 (approx $830)
Stock number: 03373

Slender chip bottom right corner and short scratch on his right shoe.

• Style/technique: Pictorial handpainted
• Manufacturer: Copeland
• Dimensions: 6" x 12"
• Date: 1882 

 

An excellent plaque handpainted with the finest of skills and in superb colour. Great subject matter with humour and style, signed by the artist A Williams and dated May 1882. A plaque more than a tile, this is just 1/8 thick and has a plain back rather than the combed used by Copeland for keying to adhesive. It was bought in a frame as a pair with 03372.

Verso plain with WTC monogram impressed and year mark for 1880.

The image is full size at 72 dpi (about 430 pixels wide) in maximum quality JPEG format and on screen is about the size as it would be in real life at the same distance. A larger 120 dpi image also in maximum quality JPEG format can be forwarded by email if required.

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.