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Handmade Victorian Wall Tiles, depicting Animals
in Green
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Our specialist reproduction Victorian wall tiles allow you
to create the perfect finishing detail to any period interior
or restoration project. Designed in 1879 these stylised
animals are available in greene. Hand painted onto an engobe
coating before being brought to life by a clear glaze coating
these typical De Morgan representations are always popular.
The collection includes an owl, pelican, fish, antelope
and a dodo. Our tiles are authentic reproductionsof original
tiles produced by the nineteenth century designer William
De Morgan. Great care is taken to reproduce each tile using
the original techniques and wherever possible the glazes
and materials. Each tile order is supplied with a information
about the history of the tiles and their designer, William
De Morgan. Our tiles are handmade in the England
and are generally recognised as the most authentic reproduction
Victorian tiles available.
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- Hand-painted authentic Victorian tiles
- Standard
Victorian size: (6" x 6" x 8mm thick)
- Handmade,
using original materials and methods
- Scratch-resistant
upper surface
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FISH enlarge
Wall Tile, authentic reproduction, 6"x6" - 152x152mm
- 8mm thick. Designed in 1879,
our fish tile is a popular De Morgan representation.
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£ 32.50
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ANTELOPE enlarge
Wall Tile, authentic reproduction, 6"x6" - 152x152mm
- 8mm thick. Designed in 1879,
our antelope tile is a popular De Morgan representation.
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£ 32.50
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DODO enlarge
Wall Tile, authentic reproduction, 6"x6" - 152x152mm
- 8mm thick. Designed in 1879,
our dodo tile is a popular De Morgan representation.
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£ 32.50
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OWL enlarge
Wall Tile, authentic reproduction, 6"x6" - 152x152mm
- 8mm thick. Designed in 1879,
our owl tile is a popular De Morgan representation.
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£ 32.50
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PELICAN enlarge
Wall Tile, authentic reproduction, 6"x6" - 152x152mm
- 8mm thick. Designed in 1879,
our pelican tile is a popular De Morgan representation.
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£ 32.50
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LEAVES enlarge
Wall Tile, authentic reproduction, 6"x6" - 152x152mm
- 8mm thick. Designed by William
de Morgan in 1875 the leaves and spots work well as individual
tiles, alternately with the animals or as a repeating pattern
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£ 32.50
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LEAVES
(Tuquoise detail) enlarge
Wall Tile, authentic reproduction, 6"x6" - 152x152mm
- 8mm thick. Same as the Leaves
tile above except the spots have been painted turquoise.
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£ 32.50
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COLOUR OPTIONS ...
All the tiles on this page are
also available in MANGANESE and BLUE.
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How
our tiles are made: Our range of authentic victorian
tiles are probably the most authentic you will find. The
images original Victorian tile designs taken from the original
templates. The materials and methods of production are also
faithful to the originals - the original hand-formulated
glazing recipes are used, and each tile is hand-painted
before firing, in exactly the same way it was done over
100 years ago. |
 William
de Morgan (1839-1917) is the most famous designer of
pottery tiles of the arts and crafts movement, of which
he was a founder member. He also painted in a Pre-Raphaelite
style, designed stained glass, and became a novelist. He
started out as a stained glass designer, and only later
became a potter, experimenting with glazes and rediscovering
methods of making the intense greens and blues used in Majolica
wares, and using these tints in new designs. He supplied
William Morris from his kiln at his home in Chelsea, London,
before moving his pottery works to Merton in 1881/2 and
then to Fulham in 1886. He married Evelyn Pickering, the
painter, in 1887. To the proponents of Arts & Crafts
Movement, the Industrial Revolution separated humans
from their own creativity and individualism; the worker
was a cog in the wheel of progress, living in an environment
of shoddy machine-made goods, based more on ostentation
than function. The Art & Craft Movement sought to re-establish
the ties between beautiful work and the worker, returning
to an honesty in design not to be found in mass-produced
items. The movement focused on the richly detailed gothic
style. Decoration often depicted medieval themes. The pottery
and textile designs were intricate, colorful and realistic.
While the original intent was to provide handmade goods
to for the working population, the cost of paying craftsmen
an honest wage resulted in higher prices than the most people
could afford. This often limited the movements reach to
the upper classes. |
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