Tile panel, Walter Crane, Maw & Co, Ironbridge, 1889
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
ca.1889
Ploughing was first exhibited at the Exhibition Unuiveselle in Paris and the Arts and Crafts Society Exhibitio, both in 1889. It formed the lower frieze of a largetile panel on the theme of Labour designed by Crane and Lewis F Day. Horizontal panels by crane: Ploughing , Sowing and Reaping and an upright panel showing the Triumph of Labour , werecframed by floral tiles by Day.
During the 1870s and 80s Crane peoduced a number of ceramic designs for Maw &Co. Although Maw & Co. was a large industrial firm, Crane's expensive hand-painted work was not intended for the mass market and represented a more 'artistic' output for the company. Tile panel, consisting of 16 tiles, painted in lustre with a scene of two men and two oxen ploughing, against a background of trailing foliage. Mounted in a wooden frame.
Purchased from Maw & Co. Ltd
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 3
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Earthenware, painted in lustre
- Dimensions
- Height: 34.6 cm; Width: 126.0 cm; Depth: 5.2 cm
Technical characteristics
- Maker recorded
- Walter Crane; Maw & Co.
- Place recorded
- Ironbridge
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-O97286
- Museum object name
- Tile panel
- Holding institution
- Victoria and Albert Museum, London
- Museum object number
- CIRC.310-1953
- Museum system number
- O97286
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
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