William de Morgan

Estimate

6,000 - 9,000 GBP

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Description

Two tile panels
impressed oval mark, `DE MORGAN, MERTON ABBEY'
each panel, 40cm. high by 20cm. wide;
16in. by 8in.

each composed of two tiles painted in Isnik palette with ships above a sea inhabited by fantastic creatures

Catalogue Note

This design is illustrated: Martin Greenwood, The Designs of William de Morgan, Shepton Beauchamp, 1989, p. 151. A later version is illustrated op. cit. p.247.