Victorian Tiles
Additional Image:
A view of the reverse side of the tile.Shape Type
Miscellaneous
Pattern Type
Literature, Classical, Mythology, and the Arts
Date
1892-1906
Maker
Alfred Meakin
Maker's Mark:
Embossed
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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