'Abraham Lincoln' a rare Sherwin & Cotton photographic tile by George Cartlidge

'Abraham Lincoln' a rare Sherwin & Cotton photographic tile by George Cartlidge, celebrating the centenary of his birth in 1909, and another Sherwin & Cotton tile portrait of Queen Victoria commemorating the Diamond Jubilee of the Reign of Queen Victoria, 1897 impressed inscriptions to reverse, minor glaze frits to base of Victoria 23 x 15cm.

Literature

Tony Johnson The Morris Ware, Tiles and Art of George Cartlidge, private press, page 78 plates 205 and 206 for the original metal moulds for the Lincoln tile. Page 52 and for 53 for both tiles illustrated.

Provenance

Private collection