Tile
Item number 3401/17 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
Item number 3401/17 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Square ceramic tile with floral and curvilinear motifs painted on front. All sides are glazed. Dark blue triangles in tile corners with white flowers inside of them. Central design of a dark blue diamond with an ornate vase full of flowers inside it. Both the vase and flowers are done in shades of white and light blue. Diamond outline, around central dark blue diamond, done in light blue. Outline full of curvilinear motifs, done in a dark blue. Central diamond and outline bordered by plain white lines. Five horizontal ridges on back of tile. Manufacturer’s mark, Mintons China Works, stamped in between ridges. Inscription on back.
Wall tile, Mintons China Works.
The registration stamp on the backside dates the design to February 1882.
Tile was manufactured by dust-pressing, a technique that uses clay milled to a fine powder with low moisture content, then pressed in a die at high pressure.
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Wall tile, Mintons China Works.
Square ceramic tile with floral and curvilinear motifs painted on front. All sides are glazed. Dark blue triangles in tile corners with white flowers inside of them. Central design of a dark blue diamond with an ornate vase full of flowers inside it. Both the vase and flowers are done in shades of white and light blue. Diamond outline, around central dark blue diamond, done in light blue. Outline full of curvilinear motifs, done in a dark blue. Central diamond and outline bordered by plain white lines. Five horizontal ridges on back of tile. Manufacturer’s mark, Mintons China Works, stamped in between ridges. Inscription on back.
The registration stamp on the backside dates the design to February 1882.
Tile was manufactured by dust-pressing, a technique that uses clay milled to a fine powder with low moisture content, then pressed in a die at high pressure.
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