© Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Inv. C.14-1986
Additional Image:
Another design by William Wise showing sheep in a mountainous landscape, probably from the series Animals of the Farm © Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Inv. C.13-1986
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Shape Type: Miscellaneous
Pattern Type: Animals
Series Type: Animals of the Farm Date: c. 1879-1890 Dimensions: - Length: 2.05 in (5.20 cm)
- Width: 2.05 in (5.20 cm)
Maker: Mintons China Works
Description:
A dust-pressed earthenware tile, transfer-printed underglaze in black with a design of highland cattle in mountainous country. The design is from one of two series of tiles: Animals of the Farm or Cattle Subjects. William Wise took the designs from Robert Hills' Etchings of Animals Drawn from Nature (1798-1815). Wise was one of a number of designers and illustrators who turned their hand to the design of...
Description:
A dust-pressed earthenware tile, transfer-printed underglaze in black with a design of highland cattle in mountainous country. The design is from one of two series of tiles: Animals of the Farm or Cattle Subjects. William Wise took the designs from Robert Hills' Etchings of Animals Drawn from Nature (1798-1815). Wise was one of a number of designers and illustrators who turned their hand to the design of tile decoration for Mintons China Works in the late-19th century. The tile is marked on the reverse 'MINTONS CHINA WORKS STOKE-ON-TRENT' with a globe mark lettered Minton. The printed design is signed 'W.Wise' References - Whiteley, J. "Was William Wise a Plagiarist", in Glazed Expressions, summer 1981, p. 1.; Lockett, T. Collecting Victorian Tiles, 1979, pp. 106-7.
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