The Maide at The Inn and The Stayble Man two rare Burmantofts Faience wall plaques designed by...

The Maide at The Inn and The Stayble Man two rare Burmantofts Faience wall plaques designed by William Neatby, rectangular, tubeline decorated and glazed in colours, framed, cast titles and impressed facsimile signature, 50 x 30cm (plaques), 56.5 x 36cm. (2)

Literature

Burmantofts Pottery Bradford Art Galleries and Leeds City Museums, 1984, page 65-66 catalogue number 154 for an example of The Maide at the Inne plaque illustrated.

Burmantofts Decorative Tiles for Interiors, TACS volume 22 2016, page 34 catalogue number 76 and 77 these plaques illustrated.

Catalogue Notes

Born in Barnsley, Yorkshire in 1860, William James Neatby worked for six years at Burmantofts, from 1884 he was employed as ceramic tile designer, and later moved to Doulton where he would carry out the tile mural decoration for Harrods Meat Hall in 1902.