Four very tiny to minute rim chips, surface is
perfect Style: Pastoral From an early series (pattern number 57) of
eight a scene of two maidens one fetching water
from a stream the other seated near by, finely
printed in dark brown. The colour produces the
finest prints especially compared with blues but
also black and mid browns and is more consistent
with how outlines of shapes are perceived in
real life. By far the most finely engraved series from
either Minton & Co, Minton, Hollins &
Co. or Mintons the pattern number indicates an
origination date in the 1840s or even earlier.
It is arguable that for architectural tiles such
detail is unnecessary they being viewed at some
distance where simplicity of design and a strong
outline is desirable so it is likely that the
engraving were originally made for tableware.
Such argument is bolstered by the fact the
Minton, Hollins & Co. did not produce this
series after the split and the move to the
Patent Tile Works for Mintons theoretically
retained the rights to pottery and china whists
Minton, Hollins & Co theoretically retained
the rights to the tile business and pattern. However Mintons contiuued making tiles
against the spirit of the agreement with Hollins
but apparantly not against the terms most
notably Pugin's gothic tiles and the Watteau
series, the print quality of the early Minton
& co./Minton, Hollins & Co. examples are
suprior to the later Mintons copies. No examples
of Minton, Hollins & Co. copying patterns
from Minton's china or pottery are known. Verso clean but lightly stained, unmarked
offset grid.
Condition: Fine
Price: £90 (approx $115)
Stock number: 06883
Technique: Transfer print
Manufacturer:Mintons
Dimensions: 6" x 6"
Date: circa 1880
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