Shape Type: Miscellaneous

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

Date: 1892-1906

Maker: Alfred Meakin

Maker's Mark:

Embossed

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.    

 

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