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© Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Inv.C.15 to J-1971

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Shakespeare series, 'Twelfth Night' © Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Inv.C.15 to J-1971

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Shakespeare series, 'The Tempest' © Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Inv.C.15 to J-1971
Shape Type
Miscellaneous
Pattern Type
Literature, Classical, Mythology, and the Arts
Date
1873 (designed)
Dimensions
  • Length: 15.20 in (38.61 cm)
  • Width: 15.20 in (38.61 cm)
Maker
Minton & Co.

Description:

Dust-pressed earthenware tiles, transfer-printed (block-printed) with designs  by John Moyr Smith depicting scenes from Shakespeare: Midsummer's Night Dream, Act IV, scene i; Macbeth, Act III, scene IV.These designs are referenced in Lockett, Terence. Collecting Victorian Tiles. Woodbridge : Antique Collectors Club, 1979. pp126-9. Austwick, J & B. The Decorated Tile. London : Pitman House, 1980. p147.  
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