Illustrations of a similar backs in The Decorated Tile by J&B Austerwick (pp.136-7) suggests the tile may be by Alfred Meakin who were known tile makers from the 1890s into the 20th century.    

 

" /> Printed British Pottery & Porcelain | Tile
My Gallery & Notes
share
© Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent Inv.1989P83

Additional Image:


enlarge [+]

A view of the reverse side of the tile.

  

Shape Type: Miscellaneous

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

Date: c. 1892-1906

Maker: Alfred Meakin

Maker's Mark:

Embossed
enlarge [+]

Description:

Earthenware tile, printed in blue possibly depicting Venus and Cupid in classical ruined landscape. Marked on the reverse A. M. Ltd. Illustrations of a similar backs in The Decorated Tile by J&B Austerwick (pp.136-7) suggests the tile may be by Alfred Meakin who were known tile makers from the 1890s into the 20th century.    

 


BACK TO CATALOG INDEX
Victorian Tiles

Victorian Tiles
View All
Literature, Classical, Mythology, and the Arts
Literature, Classical, Mythology, and the Arts
View All

Examples by Maker
View All

Print Type Index
View All