British Art Pottery - 3rd December 2024
Lot 38
A rare and probably unique set of ten Pilkington's Lancastrian Nursery Rhyme tiles by Margaret
Estimate £8,000 - £12,000 | Hammer £10080
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Description
A rare and probably unique set of ten Pilkington's Lancastrian Nursery Rhyme tiles by Margaret Pilkington, designed in 1917, each rectangular and tubeline decorated in colours, in ebonised wood frames, comprising;
Simple Simon,
Goosey, Goosey Gander
Hush a Bye Baby!
Little Blue Boy
Little Miss Muffit
I Had a Little Nut Tree
Little Jack Horner
Pussy Cat, Where Have You Been
Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross
Sing a Song of Sixpence
22 x 14.5cm (tile)
25.5 x 18cm (frame). (10)
Provenance
Lawrence Burton, thence by descent