Pilkington Arts & Crafts Lustre Glazed Tile

A decorative 6-inch by 3-inch Arts and Crafts lustre glaze tile by Pilkington’s Tile and Pottery Co.

Dating from the early 20th century, this antique tile is artistically decorated with a blue flower and scrolling foliage outlined in a teal glaze, before a contrasting vibrant orange backdrop.

A brilliant piece of British pottery for a collector of historical ceramics.

PILKINGTON

Pilkington’s was established in Clifton Junction, Manchester in 1891 by four members of the Pilkington family. Employing Josiah Wedgwood’s former chemist, William Burton, as company manager, the pottery collaborated with leading British designers including Lewis Foreman Day, Walter Crane and C. F. A. Voysey.

At the beginning of the 20th century, Pilkington’s were one of the leading makers of high-quality tiles and pottery in Britain, rivalling well-known names of the ceramics world such as Maw & Co, Doulton and Minton. Such was Pilkington’s reputation that they were awarded a Royal Warrant in 1913 by George V, trading under the name Pilkington’s Lancastrian Pottery Company.

Examples of Pilkington’s tiles can be found in The British Museum and London’s V&A.

CONDITION REPORT

Good structural condition. Wear to the glaze. Very clean back and sides. Traces of mortar to reverse. No maker's stamp.