British Art Pottery - 30th November 2011

Lot 142

A William De Morgan Sand's End Pottery Comic Bird tile

Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £1000

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Description

A William De Morgan Sand's End Pottery Comic Bird tile, decorated with a bird eating from a broken egg shell, in blue on a celadon ground impressed mark 15.5cm. square Provenance The Jon Catleugh Collection Literature Jon Catleugh William De Morgan Tiles Trefoil, page 158 colour plate XXII this tile illustrated