Tile
Item number 3401/41 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
Square ceramic tile with floral motif painted on front. Surface is glazed. Background is cream. Central design of peonies, done in a mix of red tones. The petals are in the top left corner and the stem and leaves are in the bottom right. Dark red curvilinear motifs around the flower. Type of glaze makes design iridescent. Six horizontal ridges, with indents in between the ridges, on back of tile. Manufacturer’s mark, JC Edwards, stamped in between ridges. Three labels, with inscriptions in black ink, on back, along the sides.
Iconographic Meaning
Design is by Lewis F. Day, depicting peonies. Hand-crafted quality of the tile is distinctive of the Arts and Crafts movement in Britain which embraced craftmanship. The emergence of this style was in reaction to the degradation of quality and skill resulting from industrial manufacture.
Specific Techniques
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. It is hand painted in red lustreware which gives it the iridescent effect. This is created by application of metal oxides on top of an already fused glaze, and a second firing at low temperature.
Cultural Context
Wall tile.
Item History
- Made by J.C. Edwards Ltd. (Manufacturer) and Lewis F. Day (Maker) in United Kingdom and Ruabon, Wrexham, Wales during 1905
- Owned by Judith Stoffman before October 30, 2019
- Received from Judith Stoffman (Donor) on October 30, 2019
What
- Name
- Tile
- Identification Number
- 3401/41
- Type of Item
- tile
- Material
- clay, paint and glaze
- Manufacturing Technique
- dust-pressed and hand-painted
- Overall
- height 15.3 cm, width 15.3 cm, depth 1.2 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- United Kingdom and Ruabon, Wrexham, Wales
Who
- Culture
- Welsh
- Creator
- J.C. Edwards Ltd. (Manufacturer) and Lewis F. Day (Maker)
- Previous Owner
- Judith Stoffman
- Received from
- Judith Stoffman (Donor)
When
- Creation Date
- during 1905
- Ownership Date
- before October 30, 2019
- Acquisition Date
- on October 30, 2019
Other
- Item Classes
- ceramics
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 3401/0041
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