Burmantofts Faience Bacchanalian Green Glazed Tile

Burmantofts Faience Bacchanalian Green Glazed Tile

Code: DACL170607

Dimensions:

W: 16.5cm (6.5")H: 12.5cm (4.9")D: 2.2cm (0.9")

£365.00 Approx $460.86, €425.41

A scarce Burmantofts Faience Bacchanalian tile of rectangular form modelled in relief with figures attending to a resting man set within a raised stepped edge and decorated in green glazes. Incised Burmantofts marks along with Wilcock & Co Leeds mark and old part paper label to the base.

Literature: Fired Earth 1000 Years of Tiles in Europe, TACS, page 116 cat. no.282 for a comparable tile.

Provenance: From an extensive and important single owner private collection.


Origin : England
Maker : Burmantofts Pottery
Manufacture Date : 1885
Materials : , Faience