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Premier Auction - Session II - July 15, 2023

Sat, Jul 15, 2023 09:00AM EDT
  • Estate of Katharine Lee Reid, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Lot 719

William De Morgan Marlborough Pattern Tile

Estimate: $600 - $900

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

(English, 1839-1917), top tile of the Marlborough pattern, verso impressed with mostly covered Morgan symbol, 8-1/8 x 8-1/8 in.; modern painted frame, 12-3/4 x 12-3/4 in.

Note: Pictured in Jon Catleugh, William De Morgan Tiles, 1983, pp. 66 and 76, plate 80. 

Condition

crazing, slight chipping along edges, plaster on backside covering majority of  impressed marked

The Fine Art Society, London, England, 1993 (copy of invoice); Estate of Katharine Lee Reid, Chapel Hill, North Carolina