Arts and Crafts - 24th August 2021
Lot 182
Houses of Parliament a rare Carter's Poole tile designed by Harold Stabler
Estimate £120 - £180 | Hammer £700
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Description
Houses of Parliament a rare Carter's Poole tile designed by Harold Stabler, moulded in low relief with the Palace of Westminster, two crowns and a bowler hat, and painted in colours, a Water Birds Carters tile designed by Harold Stabler, two Carter's Dutch Scenes tiles, and another similar, and four Carter's Poole Pottery Sporting tiles designed by Edward Bawden, cast S to front of main tile, chips, 15cm square (9)
Literature
Jennifer Hawkins The Poole Potteries, Barrie & Hawkins, page 133 for comparable tiles by Harold Stabler, commissioned by Frank Pick, designed for the London Underground, illustrated.
Provenance
The Peter Myers Collection