Four 19th Century 6 inch dust pressed tiles, two printed wit...

Hammer

£80

Four 19th Century 6 inch dust pressed tiles, two printed with pigs and piglets in brown and blue over white ground, by Maw & Co Broseley, and Henry Richards Tile Co respectively, a Mintons Hollins tile, black printed and hand painted over a white ground, decorated with a wolf and lamb from Aesop's Fables series, and a Minton & Co Prossers Patent tile, blue printed over white ground, depicting the family crest of the Dalhousie family in the form of a double headed Wyvern.

Note:  Minton Exhibition Catalogue stated that this tile was originally from a set in a French marble fire surround at Panmore House, Scotland, the home of Lord Dalhousie

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General wear, chips, nibbles and frits, some surface crazing