Tiny chips to the corners, nothing else to speak
off, fabulous shiny glaze surface virtually
unmarked. Style: Aesthetic floral A six colour tile, the outline printed in
dark brown, blue, green, yellow and warm brown
fill colours printed and burgundy at the corners
hand painted. It is fascinating that they made
the effort to paint those tiny flowerheads at
the intersections especially in rich red for it
potentially caused problems in firing resulting
in more waste production. Block printing was a speciality of Mintons
Ltd indeed very few of their tiles are coloured
by hand, despite their reputation for art tiles
they were mostly mechanical decorators. We have
seen some made by Steele & Wood, uncommon
but found from time to time and in some colours
that Mintons apparently could not achieve, some
with a textured effect that softens the bold
conformity of block printed colours. This is a
first from Jackson Bros and a great find, a good
range of colours to find block printed and a
tile of interest to serious collectors and of
museum interest. So who were Jackson Brothers? Their wares are
seen from time to time but not in any great
quantity but for sure many get wrongly
attributed. They used a grid grip pattern (like
Mintons Ltd) and rail pattern like Marsden,
Wedgwood and many others, very few are
identified, some are named and some have a
design registration number. They registered
twenty designs between 1884 and 1886. Verso a little grubby and rust stained along
one edge, rail pattern, design registration
number printed
Condition: Very fine
Price: £120 (approx $203)
Stock number: 03740
Technique: Block print & tint
Manufacturer: Jackson Bros
Dimensions: 6" x 6"
Date: 1884 (registered)
A rare and quite amazing tile although
perhaps the reasons not immediately apparent. A
pleasing floral design within a circular
cartouche surrounded by stylised floral elements
suggesting a cross between gothic and
japanoiserie, very typical of the period the
design being registered in 1884. Nice colours
and therein is part of the mystery for it is a
block printed tile with the red at the corners
overpainted yet underglaze. Of course one can't
be sure the colours coincide precisely with the
date of introduction or registration but they
should be within three years before the
registration expired and so are quite special.
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