Arts and Crafts - 20th June 2018

Lot 42

A pair of William De Morgan Sands End Pottery Arabia tiles

Estimate £1,500 - £2,000 | Hammer £2800

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Description

A pair of William De Morgan Sands End Pottery Arabia tiles, commissioned for the P & O Liner Arabia, painted with stylised flower stems inside Persian arch foliate panels, in shades of blue, turquoise, yellow, green and aubergine on a white ground, sold with a copy of William De Morgan Arts and Crafts Potter impressed marks, minor chips, 22.5cm. square Provenance Peter Creffield Collection. Private collection. Literature Rob Higgins & Christopher Stolbert Robinson William De Morgan Arts and Crafts Potter, Shire Publications, page 43 these two actual tiles illustrated.