Arts & Crafts - 18th June 2014
Lot 56
An Art Nouveau advertising tile by Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale
Estimate £300 - £400 | Hammer £380
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Description
An Art Nouveau advertising tile by Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale, decorated with a maiden in low relief smelling a flower's scent, glazed blue-green, framed, inscribed The Art Pavements & Decorations Ltd 15cm. square
Literature
Fired Earth - 1000 Years of Tiles in Europe, TACS/ Richard Dennis Publications, page 129 figure 410 for an identical
tile glazed green
Daryll Bennett Shapland & Petter Ltd page plate 5.30 for this tile included in a smokers cabinet.