British Art Pottery - 12th December 2018
Lot 15
A large architectural Boar Hunt tile possibly by Minton
Estimate £500 - £800 | Hammer £650
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Description
A large architectural Boar Hunt tile possibly by Minton, modelled in low relief with a medieval figure felled and fighting a boar as two other standing figures try to spear it, in shades of pale blue and sand on a cream ground, unmarked, minor glaze chips, 37 x 35.5cm.
Literature
Tony Herbert & Kathryn Huggins The Decorative Tile in Architecture and Interiors, Phaidon, for examples of similar Minton's majolica glaze tiles used at the Royal Dairy, Windsor.