Two minute rim chips otherwise perfect. • Style:
Aesthetic Floral A superb design well printed and painted in
rich colours in the aesthitc movement taste with
bold sunflower, diagonal lines and sun motifs.
The design seen from time to time but usually in
plain brown or blue prints, not coloured before
as I can recall, certainly in the last 20 years
and I have not previously had to hand however a
coloured version appears in a wholesaler's
catalogue. Steele & Wood primarily in business in
the 1880s made tiles very much in the manner of
Mintons, mostly uncoloured prints in the
aesthetic taste, picture series some multicolour
printed, few tiles and few embossed tiles. They
also made studio tiles painted in colours and
enamelled. Quite a prolific company comparable
in quality to Mintons but only being in business
for little over a decade the name has faded in
to obscurity. Verso very clean, painted pattern number.
• Condition: Near
perfect
• Price: £110 (approx. $155)
• Stock number: 07244
• Technique: Printed &
painted
• Maker: Steele & Wood
• Dimensions: 6"
x 6"
• Date: 1885
(circa)
