Terms and conditions of use
Pair of tiles
(c. 1885)
Medium
earthenware
Measurements
(a) 20.1 × 20.3 cm
(b) 20.2 × 20.3 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
The Dr Robert Wilson Collection. Gift of Dr Robert Wilson and Colin Lane through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program, 2009
Gallery location
18th & 19th Century Decorative Arts & Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
About this work
These two tiles form a continuous vertical pattern and are most likely from one of the side panels of a fireplace surround. Their decoration consists of overlapping fan shapes placed at jaunty angles so that they cut through the border design and thus give the illusion of depth between the shapes. The fans are decorated alternately with cropped floral and willow tree motifs and carp fish amidst swirling water. The use of such popular Japanese ornamental motifs is indicative of the middle-class market to whom Minton would have marketed such wares.
Artwork Details
Inscription
(a-b) cast (inverted) (diagonally) in base c.: STOKE upon TRENT (in a banner) / MINTON (in a banner) (horizontally over globe) / WALBROOK•LONDON• (in a banner) / MINTONS / CHINA WORKS / STOKE ON TRENT
Accession Number
2009.90.a-b
Department
International Decorative Arts
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited