The Nick Rocke Collection of British Art Pottery - 25th February 2015
Lot 186
A Pilkington's tile designed by J. Henry Sellers
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £420
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Description
A Pilkington's tile designed by J. Henry Sellers, modelled in low relief with a lion rampant, in golden lustre in a blue lustre ground, framed, and another Pilkington's Lancastrian tile modelled in low relief with foliage 15.5cm. square (2)
Literature
A J Cross Pilkington's Royal Lancastrian Pottery & Tiles, Richard Dennis, page 36 plate 38a for this tile design which was used in a fireplace as the centrepiece of the Pilkington's stand at the Franco-British Exhibition in 1908.
The Studio Yearbook, 1908, the fireplace featuring this tile design illustrated page 31.