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© Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Inv. C.181-1976
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Shape Type: Miscellaneous
Pattern Type: Plants
Date: c. 1880-1885 Dimensions: - Length: 5.95 in (15.113 cm)
- Width: 5.95 in (15.113 cm)
Maker: Unknown
Description:
An earthenware tile printed in underglaze blue in a design of a vase containing laurel sprays in a tripod stand, with a rising or setting sun. Unmarked but probably made in England. The decoration of this tile can be associated with the style known as Aestheticism. Prevalent in the 1870s and 1880s, this movement in the painting and the applied arts placed great value...
Description:
An earthenware tile printed in underglaze blue in a design of a vase containing laurel sprays in a tripod stand, with a rising or setting sun. Unmarked but probably made in England. The decoration of this tile can be associated with the style known as Aestheticism. Prevalent in the 1870s and 1880s, this movement in the painting and the applied arts placed great value on beauty and decoration. Japanese art had a considerable influence on the style, as this tile shows. The design could have been inspired by the work of artists E.W.Godwin or George Haite.
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