A large pair of William De Morgan Sands End Pottery Persian Parrot tiles

A large pair of William De Morgan Sands End Pottery Persian Parrot tiles, each painted with a parrot bird before stylised foliage, in shades of green, yellow, blue and turquoise on a white ground, impressed marks, 20.5cm. square (2)

Provenance

The Jon Catleugh Collection of William De Morgan tiles.

Literature

Jon Catleugh William De Morgan Tiles, Richard Dennis Publications, page 159 catalogue number 251 for four comparable examples illustrated.

William De Morgan, Blackwell House, December 2002 catalogue number 67 for another example of this tile design from the Catleugh Collection illustrated.