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Tile

MOA: University of British Columbia

3401/8

Square ceramic tile painted white with dark blue designs overtop. Surface and sides are glazed. Each corner of tile has a large triangular, meander-like design. Dotted lines border corner designs. Plain line border around entire tile. Central design of flower with curvilinear motifs around it. Bottom edge has a horizontal line through middle. Five horizontal ridges on back of tile. Manufacturer’s mark, Minton China Works, stamped in between ridges. Inscription 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, which is then pressed in a die at high pressure.

  • Type of Item tile
  • Culture English
  • Material clay, paint, glaze
  • Manufacturing Technique dust-pressed
  • Measurements height 15.4 cm, width 15.4 cm, depth 1.2 cm (overall)
  • Creator Mintons
  • Previous Owner Judith Stoffman
  • Received from Judith Stoffman
  • Made in United Kingdom, Stoke-on-Trent
  • Creation Date between 1860 and 1900
  • Ownership Date before October 30, 2019
  • Acquisition Date on October 30, 2019
  • Item Classes ceramics
  • Condition good
  • Accession Number 3401/0008

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