Washstand splashback
Category
Ceramics
Date
Unknown
Materials
deal, ceramic
Measurements
540 x 1010 mm
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Gunby Hall Estate, Lincolnshire
NT 637382
Summary
A stained deal splashback for a washstand set with 12 identical ceramic tiles in two equal rows, the tiles moulded with an art nouveau inspired design in green, white, orange and brown on a turquoise ground of a flower head in a cartouche. The deal frame with a broken pediment in a cresting rail crudely hatched and console brackets supporting the front with two small shelves set in the angles above the lower row of tiles.
Provenance
1990, purchased from J Montgomery-Massingberd.