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Selected transfer printed tile images for your visual pleasure.

(M174)
Dust pressed, 6 x 6 in, transfer printed, target back, possibly Godwin, c.1880.
An interesting design incorpoating the rose, shamrock and thistle (no daff or leek!).
A distinctive reverse which is yet to be confirmed as Godwin. The design was produced by several tile makers including Minton Hollins and Pilkingtons.

(M160)
Dust pressed, 6 x 3 in, transfer printed under glaze, marked Evatt Coalville, c.1890.

(M091)
Dust pressed, 6 x 6 in, underglaze transfer printed, mother and child in classical scene, pattern no E506, marked A.M.Ltd England, Alfred Meakin Ltd, Tunstall, c.1910.

(M047)
Dust pressed, transfer printed, 6 x 6 in, titled "Romeo and Juliet", marked E. Smith & Co Coalville, c.1880.
Two 8 inch tiles from the same series are illustrated on Plate 30, page 134, "Collecting Victorian Tiles" by Terence Lockett, ISBN 0 902028 82 0.

(M092)
Dust pressed, 6 x 6 in, underglaze transfer printed, glazed front and reverse, marked No 2, Minton Hollins c.1890.

(M040)
Dust pressed, 6 x 6 in, transfer printed, marked Minton, Hollins & Co; Patent Tile Works Stoke on Trent, Reg. 24 May 1882.

(M041)
Dust pressed, 6 x 6 in, transfer printed, marked Mintons China Works, c.1900.

(M042)
Dust pressed, 6 x 6 in, transfer printed, no makers mark, pattern name 'CHINEASE' printed in blue, William Wood & Co New Wharf Pottery, c.1885.

(M043)
Dust pressed, heavy (as stoneware), transfer printed, 6 x 6 in, distinctive lock back, Booths Ltd, c.1905.

(M044)
Dust pressed, transfer printed, 6 x 6 in, marked Minton, Hollins, & Co; Patent Tile Works Stoke on Trent. RWC, stamped with Reg mark (unreadable) design pre-1884.

(M045)
Dust pressed, 6 x 6 in, transfer printed, marked with P in each corner and Made in England, stamped pattern T776, Pilkington, c.1920.

(M133)
Dust pressed, 5.9 x 5.9 in, printed and coloured under glaze, marked with Staffordshire knot within a triangle, marked with 231 (pattern number) and P&P (decorators), blank by Sherwin & Cotton, decorators Pryke and Palmer c.1895

(M133r)
Reverse of M133 showing the Sherwin & Cotton mark, above which is the pattern number and the decorators mark. A variation of this tile reverse can be found on page 142, "The Decorated Tile" J & B Austwick ISBN 0 273 01581 8.

(M133d)
Top shows the patern number and the initials P&P. The decorators Pryke and Palmer are listed on page 60, "Collecting Victorian Tiles" by Terry Lockett ISBN 0 902028 82 0.
Bottom shows detail of a curious mark wich appears on all four tile edges, in the same position. They are either a print alignment registration or a printer's rebus.

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