tile
- Museum number
- 1994,1003.23
- Description
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Earthenware tile, solid buff body, covered with white slip and handpainted in purple, blue and green under a clear glaze, with Persian blossoms.
- Production date
- 1870-1890 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Length: 13 centimetres
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Width: 13 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- A Dutch tile imported for sale at the retailers Thomas Elsey, London. Similar designs in different colourways appear as no. 29 in fig. 237 and no. 68 in fig. 240 in a c 1890 tile catalogue issued by Elsley, see R. and H. Myers, 'William Morris Tiles', Richard Dennis Publications, 1996, p. 139. For a discussion of Thomas Elsley's import and retailing business, see Myers, pp. 138-141.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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2019-2020 10 Oct - 26 Jan, London, BM, G35: "Inspired by the East: how the Islamic World influenced Western Art”
- Acquisition date
- 1994
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1994,1003.23
