EDWARD JOHN POYNTER (1836-1919) FOR MINTON'S ART-POTTERY STUDIO, KENSINGTON GORE
TILE FOR THE GRILL ROOM, SOUTH KENSINGTON, CIRCA 1870
£378
Auction: 11 October 2023 at 10:00 BST
Description
glazed earthenware, painted decorator's initials HR, monogram and no. 53/ 5354, printed and moulded maker's mark
Dimensions
22.5cm x 28.7cm
Footnote
Note: Edward Poynter, the director of the National Art Training School (NAT), which shared the building with the museum in the 1860s, designed the Grill Room at the South Kensington Museum including the tiles and fireplaces and it opened in 1871. The tiles were painted by students from the NAT porcelain class and then later by Minton's Art Pottery Studio. The decoration of these tiles was virtually the first pottery teaching in a British art school.