LATE 19TH CENTURY

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FIVE WILLIAM DE MORGAN FRAMED TILE PANELS
LATE 19TH CENTURY
Comprising three lustreware examples, the first depicting two mice, the second a peacock and the third two birds; a polychrome example depicting a dove sitting in a red-berried fruiting tree, and a blue-green example depicting a water bird, four within green-glazed tile boarders and gilt outer-frames, the fifth with blue-glazed tile boarder in a walnut frame
The largest: 9 3/8 in. (23.8 cm.) high; 9 3/8 in. (23.8 cm.) wide including frame

Literature

The 'white dove' tile, W. Gaunt and M.D.E. Clayton-Stamn, William de Morgan, London, 1971, p. 52, pl. 4.
B. Coleman, The Best of British Arts & Crafts, Atglen, PA, 2004, p. 153 (part).

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Lot Essay

The white dove tile is dated by W. Gaunt and M.D.E. Clayton-Stamn (loc. cit.) as circa 1872 and described as 'the right-hand tile of a double tile picture'; they illustrate a version of the tile decorated with two mice which they also date as circa 1872 and record as painted by Dr. Reginald Thompson, although the illustrated example is described as with 'black outline with greyish blue shading' (p. 53, pl. 5).

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