Tile panel, Minton's China Works, Stoke-on-Trent, 1899
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
ca. 1899
Framed by a border of ornamental tiles, this panel took pride of place in the extensively tiled interior of a dairy shop in Harrow, Middlesex. It shows One Hundred Elms Farm in nearby Sudbury, with its Victorian farmhouse and a Tudor building that had once been a chapel. Both buildings still stand.
The dairy shop and farm were acquired by United Dairies in 1918, and the panel was moved to several different company sites before being presented to the Museum in 2003. Large tile panel painted with a dairy scene, comprising 126 (9 x 14) tiles; dust-pressed white earthenware, painted.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Historical context
Framed by a border of ornamental tiles, this panel formed part of the extensively tiled interior of a dairy shop in Harrow, Middlesex.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- Dust-pressed white earthenware, painted
- Dimensions
- Height: 4.5 ft; Width: 7 ft; Width: 15.2 cm
Technical characteristics
- Maker recorded
- Dean, James Edwin; Minton's China Works
- Place recorded
- Stoke-on-Trent
Design
- Marks and inscriptions
- 'MINTON LTD' and 'J.E. Dean', painted on bottom left hand tile
Identification
- Source note
- Transcribed from the Victoria and Albert Museum, London collection record for this single object (sentences kept verbatim apart from removed sale or rarity wording); how far it represents a wider collectible type has not been independently verified.
- Candidate id
- vam-O86561
- Museum object name
- Tile panel
- Holding institution
- Victoria and Albert Museum, London
- Museum object number
- C.158-2003
- Museum system number
- O86561
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Research required: confirm the wider type, maker and dating against a specialist reference; this entry documents one recorded example.