British Art Pottery - 27th November 2019
Lot 219
'Ride a Cock Horse' a rare Pilkington's Lancastrian Nursery Rhyme tile designed by Margaret...
Estimate £500 - £800
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Description
'Ride a Cock Horse' a rare Pilkington's Lancastrian Nursery Rhyme tile designed by Margaret Pilkington, rectangular tubeline decorated with medieval figures, in colours unsigned, minor glaze frits 23 x 15cm.
Literature
A J Cross Pilkington's Royal Lancastrian Pottery and tiles, Richard Dennis, page 16 plate XIV for six tiles from the nursery rhyme series illustrated.
British Art Pottery, Woolley and Wallis, 11th December 2013, lot 80 for another example, 'Little Jack Horner', illustrated.
Provenance
Private collection.