wall tile
William Frend de Morgan 1839 - 1917
Summary
Three square plastic-bodied earthenware tiles, coated in white slip and decorated with hand-transferred underglaze 'Persian' colours: black, green, yellow, purple and olive/brown. One of the tiles is missing and, according to the sketch for the design, should have had a design of a large carnation surrounded by scrolling foliage. The remaining two tiles have the second part of the design, consisting of green foliage with Turkish-/Iznik-style serrated leaves and yellow buds; they both have the same design, but in mirror image to each other and differing slightly in detail. The word 'carnation' is pencilled on the reverse of one tile.
Object Name
wall tile
Creators Name
Date Created
1882=1888
accession number
1941.20/3
Collection Group
Place of creation
Merton Abbey
Medium
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