Square ceramic tile painted white with blue designs overtop. All sides are glazed. Central design of a man and a woman in a field, under a cloudy sky, with trees in the background. The male figure is standing, holding a staff in his left hand and a bunch of grass(?) in his right. He is wearing a wide-brimmed hat, necktie and long coat. The woman is sitting on the ground, pointing at the man with her right hand and holding a bunch of grass(?) in her left. She is wearing a wide-brimmed hat with a ribbon around it, a short-sleeved white over dress and dark blue long-sleeved under dress. “June” is painted in the bottom right hand corner. Seven horizontal ridges on back of tile. Inscriptions on back.

• Cultural Context

  Wall tile.

• Specific Techniques

  Tile was manufactured by dust-pressing, a technique that uses clay milled to a fine powder with low moisture content, then pressed in a die at high pressure. The design was transfer-printed, a technique in which an image from an engraved plate is transferred to a tile, usually requiring transfer paper to be run through a printing press with the engraved plate to pick up the ink; the design from the transfer paper could then be rubbed onto the tile.

• Iconographic Meaning

  The tile is part of a 'month series' run, designed by Helen J.A. Miles. This one represents the month of June.

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• Type of Item tile
• Culture English
• Material clay, paint, glaze
• Manufacturing Technique dust-pressed, transfer-printed
• Measurements height 15.3 cm, width 15.3 cm, depth 1.2 cm (overall)

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• Creator Wedgwood, Helen J.A. Miles
• Previous Owner Judith Stoffman
• Received from Judith Stoffman

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• Made in United Kingdom, England

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• Creation Date between 1870 and 1900
• Ownership Date before October 30, 2019
• Acquisition Date on October 30, 2019

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• Item Classes ceramics
• Condition good
• Accession Number 3401/0030