From a private collection sold at Woolley & Wallis, 18 June 2014.

Additional Image:

The Art Journal, 'Illustrated Catalogue of the Paris International Exhibition. IV', pub London, 1878, p. 243.

 

Shape Type: Miscellaneous

Pattern Type: Literature, Classical, Mythology, and the Arts

Series Type: Times of the Days and Months

Date: designed 1878

Dimensions:

  • Length: 8.03 in (20.40 cm)
  • Width: 8.03 in (20.40 cm)

Maker: Maw & Co.

Description:

Earthenware tiles printed with scenes from the series 'Times of the Day and Months'. Each of these tiles depicts a Classical maiden in sepia on a white ground, titled 'Aurora', 'Autumnus', and' Meridies'. The tiles were designed by the Victorian artist and illustrator, Walter Crane (1845-1915) and a series, including further designs, was exhibited by Maw & Co. in the Paris International Exhibition of 1878. 

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