15929993680001312637261000Standard Recordobject-15375170292701040717029082710001702926924566fitz-onlineadlib-object-15375https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/1537569a40b71-54bd-3b6b-bb70-0633a4d3b12f5referenceagent-95732adlib-agent-9573231b812d0-d5d1-3e22-bd3f-25152c4f9d4cMorris, Williamreferenceagent-189572adlib-agent-189572ad8bfa42-0b9f-37e9-b1b7-33abc25a0ffbMorris & Co.referenceterm-42861adlib-term-428615b368285-f1a8-3dcf-a5b2-637fd3c3956cearthenwarereferenceterm-42688adlib-term-426884df03958-5ee6-3a50-ada9-491bb6445fdfArt Potterygreenreferenceterm-133182adlib-term-13318256ef9bad-c888-3db9-b231-8ae7c60d1a9aunderglaze colourreferenceterm-37088adlib-term-370880a28530e-cea8-3d08-b792-a30bf68f524fclear glazeDecorationcrackledreferenceterm-27616adlib-term-2761661e6a95d-84c8-3893-b6c8-213392262987glazing (coating)referenceterm-106226adlib-term-106226194567f2-2bcd-3446-ae31-652386611815paintingreferenceterm-58282adlib-term-58282e8aea193-be04-3716-b610-8a1e95b86eedplantsApplied ArtsBuff earthenware tile, the top slip-coated, painted in dark green with a scrolling fern pattern and glazed. One stem forms a slightly curving diagonal; to the left are two fronds curled up like snails, to the right is a single straight frond. Each frond carries many small leaves, which are painted without outlines, the paint thickening at the tips. One edge of the tile is chamfered, and the tile thickens towards the other side. The back and sides are not glazed. There is no markEC.13-19411accession numberEC.13-194115375priref15375urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/15375https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/15375reversecircular paper label inscribed in black1941/13labelreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumGiven by Mr H C Mossopreferenceagent-166328adlib-agent-16632868af14cb-72da-3914-890f-0732c666a00cMossop, H. C.194119411941-03-26givenEntry date: 1941-03-2618821882CE1882circa18821888(design probably earlier)11888CE18881888makerreferenceagent-153880adlib-agent-15388044b43624-6544-3415-890a-4a89c4a1a170William De Morgan & Co.designerreferenceagent-34602adlib-agent-346027d602658-e69d-374c-bb70-7a06b575ac7bDe Morgan, William FrendThis tile probably dates from around 1882-88, when De Morgan established his workshop at Merton Abbey, next door to Morris’s factory. But the design may be earlier : similar scrolling foliage is found on a ceramic jar produced by Morris in the early 1860s, which is thought to be designed by De Morgan. The tile is unusually small – De Morgan usually worked on 6x6 inch blanks (or sometimes 4-12 ins. – see Gaunt) – and the pattern appears to have been cut down from a four inch version, now in the V&A collection. However, the Fitzwilliam holds another, similarly coloured, three inch tile, which is marked ‘Merton Abbey’; possibly these were test pieces or samples. A similar four inch tile, also in green, is illustrated in a Morris & Co broadsheet offering ‘painted tiles for stoves, hearths, walls etc’; the tile price is two shillings. The design continues to appear on later tiles, often quartered with a flower, but in more stylised form. De Morgan made many, many designs for tiles and tile panels – some 820 are in the V&A collection.William Frend De Morgan (1839-1917), now widely regarded as the most important ceramicist of the Arts & Crafts movement, also worked in stained glass and became a successful novelist. The son of a non-conformist mathematics professor, he became a close friend of William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones and married the Pre-Raphaelite painter Evelyn Pickering (1855-1919), in 1887. As a ceramicist, De Morgan was primarily a designer/decorator and chemist, working on bought-in blanks or pots thrown to his design. He experimented widely with techniques and glazes, re-discovering methods for making and applying lustres and the colours of Iznik and Persian pottery and using them for a range of complex fantasy designs featuring ships, birds, flora and animals.referenceterm-108070adlib-term-1080707e278258-23e3-3d5b-a4ff-ab5ecacb4bf319th Century, Late#referenceterm-15214adlib-term-15214744af2c4-a2f2-37ad-bbf4-2cd00e91ed9bVictorianreferenceterm-113701adlib-term-1137018db296e9-79cd-3284-980f-bb4b0ed570c1literalEnglandEnglandcountryliteralLondonLondonregion(probably)Merton Abbeybuff-colouredreferenceterm-42861adlib-term-428615b368285-f1a8-3dcf-a5b2-637fd3c3956cearthenwareDepthcm0.5Squarecm7.6Squarein3referencemedia-12466adlib-media-1246689f9ec85-16c2-3a19-aa05-194087ab1d47jpegaa/aa12/EC_13_1941.jpg1heightpixels740widthpixels57017029265696251imagejpegaa/aa12/mid_EC_13_1941.jpg1heightpixels649widthpixels50017029265696251imagejpegaa/aa12/EC_13_1941.jpg1heightpixels740widthpixels57017029265696251imagejpegaa/aa12/preview_EC_13_1941.jpg1heightpixels325widthpixels25017029265696251image0media
imagereferenceterm-30982adlib-term-30982952a2227-ce0e-31a3-a0d9-40085991be5btilehistory noteGiven by Mr H C Mossop1referenceobject-15378adlib-object-153785f834532-d18f-338a-9985-aef677b169de1reference1term-30982adlib-term-30982952a2227-ce0e-31a3-a0d9-40085991be5btiletile1referenceobject-15315adlib-object-153152cde2a97-96ef-34ce-bbdb-67b45ca6a42e1reference1term-30982adlib-term-30982952a2227-ce0e-31a3-a0d9-40085991be5btiletile1referenceobject-15328adlib-object-153285aa8db2f-b790-37b5-8f3a-56603b8371c21reference1term-30982adlib-term-30982952a2227-ce0e-31a3-a0d9-40085991be5btiletile1referenceobject-15325adlib-object-15325cfdee8e6-971c-32ef-9877-d60ae4cc40ce1reference1term-30982adlib-term-30982952a2227-ce0e-31a3-a0d9-40085991be5btiletile1referenceobject-15331adlib-object-153314fa01d66-dd20-3f6f-97e4-2748fc47bd7f1reference1term-30982adlib-term-30982952a2227-ce0e-31a3-a0d9-40085991be5btiletilereferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumCf. the design for a very similar, but extended, version of this tile, in sepia, 10.2cm (4 ins), labelled ‘scroll pattern’; also, more stylised versions of this design, along with a flower, used in several quartered tile designs,146,139,143referencepublication-1512adlib-publication-1512723fec87-f251-39db-a24a-383ba68c3d51The Designs of William De MorganCf. an extended version of this design, shown in a square panel with a ship design tile, in an undated broadsheet produced by Morris & Co headed ‘Painted Tiles for Stoves, Hearths, Walls etc’. Also, p.54, drawings for tiles using similar brush work and, pp.63, 74, similar designs produced in a sharper, more stylised way.41referencepublication-1513adlib-publication-15137388bc5a-bb83-3835-a489-5c4aa4dc9b88William De Morgan TilesCf. no.20, tile with ‘Boston’ design, has leaves painted in similar green and painting style.13referencepublication-3601adlib-publication-36013a34edf5-28f7-3217-8ca7-cb893cda1f08The Ceramics of William De MorganRef. For details of tile decorating methodpp. 22referencepublication-1511adlib-publication-1511dc57bb55-658d-3890-840f-f0d5036c88efWilliam De MorganCf. Pair of jars, c.1861-65, one of which has a similar scrolling leaf design, thought to be designed by De Morgan, and sold by Morris & Co.33referencepublication-7538adlib-publication-7538f410dd65-bde3-3842-8763-9af736da3b88Morris & Company: Stained glass windows, painted tiles & ceramics, printed papers & chintzes, woven fabrics and tapestries, carpets and embroideries, from the collection of Sanford & Helen Berger, exh cat. Stanford Art Gallery, Stanford University, 4 March – 4 May 1975. Stanford Art Book 15.referenceterm-12611adlib-term-12611834b65f7-cfad-3dec-bca8-253a9e8b4281Arts and Crafts (movement)plantreferenceterm-30746adlib-term-30746c9b49335-33a0-3ee8-b9d3-3f1f3abc5414foliageliteralfoliagefoliagereferenceterm-30982adlib-term-30982952a2227-ce0e-31a3-a0d9-40085991be5btiletileearthenware, slip-coated, painted from a pricked design and glazed.whitereferenceterm-120058adlib-term-1200589e43c4bc-1f48-3a76-b4ea-7075449f5addslip-coatingTile with scrolling fern designobject
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