Arts & Crafts - 18th June 2014
Lot 74
Three Maw & Co Times of the Day and Months tiles designed by Walter Crane
Estimate £100 - £200 | Hammer £250
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Description
Three Maw & Co Times of the Day and Months tiles designed by Walter Crane, each printed with a Classical maiden in sepia on a white ground, titled Aurora, Autumnus, and Meridies, a large Minton's tile designed by John Moyr Smith and a collection of tiles including a three and a half tile panel of a medieval royal banquet impressed marks, 20.5cm. square
Literature
Hans Van Lemmen Decorative Tiles Throughout the Ages, Bracken Books, plate 21 for a reproduction of these tiles in a Maw catalogue.
An example of the Meridies tile is held in the Ironbridge museum collection.
Provenance
Private collection