© Victoria and Albert Museum, London Inv. 2765-1901
Shape Type
Miscellaneous
Pattern Type
Genre Scenes
Date
1880-1885
Dimensions
  • Length: 15.20 in (38.61 cm)
  • Width: 15.20 in (38.61 cm)
Maker
Minton & Co.

Description:

Tile of earthenware, transfer-printed in underglaze blue with a boy and girl seated in a landscape, the former playing a flute, and with a border of leafy scrolls. Print shown in the Minton pattern book, one of a series of twelve subjects entitled 'Watteau' (Minton MSS, No.1842).References - Lockett, Terence A., 'Collecting Victorian Tiles', 1979. p.192; Godden, Geoffrey, 'Davenport' (Barrie & Jenkins) 1989. 
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