Art Nouveau Majolica Tile • Condition: Fine • Price: £150 (approx. $187) • Stock number: 07237B UK Special Delivery +£11 Europe Priority +£16 US and World Priority +£26 Currency Converter Ask a question Couple minute rim chips, very minor surface marks.   • Style: Art Nouveau • Technique: Embossed majolica • Maker: T A Simpson • Dimensions: 6" x 6" • Date: 1910 (circa)   It is not often that art nouveau tiles are found in great english country houses but here is one. A design seen from time to time, a great design but for the most part let down by the colouring, I think this colouring is great. The basic multuicolour variation of most all tiles is white background, green leaves, yellow flower(s) this having blue flowers elevates it so much from yellow. I think it is great design with good, square, Mackintosh style roses, I used to deal with quite a few similar when restoring antique stained glass windows. That the two loops and three leaves above the flowers are not coloured in is a definite plus for what remains is a very stylish, very Glasgow design, almost formal with near square flower outlines, erect stems and regular curves but the flower petal shapes and eccentricity of the blue throw it wide open. Versos perfectly clean, embossed S, heraldic shield badge, England and registered (for the trade mark of the badge). From the sale at Wormington Grange: This is arguably the most important collection of English country house furniture to come to auction in recent decades. A classic country house conglomeration which, in the best tradition of these old-school sales, is both eclectic and curated all at once. The home until recently of John Evetts - the grandson of Lord Ismay, Sir Winston Churchill's famed military strategist - it is sure to be bursting at the seams with historical treasures, not least because Evetts' day job was furnishing the homes of the Landmark Trust. 'I collected everything that is in this sale specifically for this house with an enormous amount of care and love,' Evetts said of the auction. 'I wanted to turn it into a home that was furnished very much as it might have been at the time it was built.' Article about the sale in Tatler, article about the sale in Daily Mail And so there was some discussion as to why Mr Evetts would collect a comparatively ordinary selection of tiles, I believe the answer to be more prosaic than that, the collection of tiles were simply those removed from the house over the last century. The most updated fixtures in houses are sanitary wares, fireplaces and cooking appliances and spaces, most of the tiles came from hearths and some originated in washstands. Fireplaces would have been updated as originals wore out and new technology offered better solutions, not in the state rooms of course where the originals would be preserved and rarely used, but in the day to day rooms. The washstand tiles most likely came from redecorations, quite some years ago now the main reason for people selling washstands was that the colour of the tiles did not match the new decor, in such a fine house there would be a tradesman readily available to fit new tiles in to existing furniture and so the removed tiles were stored, in the attic, cellar, stable block or elsewhere on the estate.   • Condition: Near perfect • Price: £180 (approx. $225) • Stock number: 07237C UK Special Delivery +£11 Europe Priority +£16 US and World Priority +£26 Currency Converter Ask a question Couple minute rim chips, very minor surface marks. • Condition: Near perfect • Price: £170 (approx. $212) • Stock number: 07237D UK Special Delivery +£11 Europe Priority +£16 US and World Priority +£26 Currency Converter Ask a question Only exceedingly minor marks. • Condition: Very fine • Price: £160 (approx. $200) • Stock number: 07237E UK Special Delivery +£11 Europe Priority +£16 US and World Priority +£26 Currency Converter Ask a question Very tiny chip top left corner, touch of roughness top edge nearby. • Condition: Fine • Price: £150 (approx. $187) • Stock number: 07237G UK Special Delivery +£11 Europe Priority +£16 US and World Priority +£26 Currency Converter Ask a question Four very tiny, two minute rim chips, surface very near perfect.   Information Tiles For Sale Contacts Order Information