Tile with five ruby birds, by William De Morgan & Co.

An image of Tile with five ruby birds. William De Morgan & Co. (British). De Morgan, William Frend (designer, British, 1832-1917). Earthenware, slip-coated, glazed and decorated with lustre, width 15.5 cm, width 6.125 in, 1888-1898
(designed 1872-1881). Arts and Crafts Movement.

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Tile with five ruby birds. William De Morgan & Co. (British). De Morgan, William Frend (designer, British, 1832-1917). Earthenware, slip-coated, glazed and decorated with lustre, width 15.5 cm, width 6.125 in, 1888-1898 (designed 1872-1881). Arts and Crafts Movement.

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Accession Number: EC.5-1941
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/13.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 1021 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 278.62kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 13/1
Captured: 2014:02:20 09:48:14

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19th Century Arts and Crafts birds British de Morgan decorated decorative earthenware English Fitz_AA glazed lustre ware lustreware patterned red repeated pattern slip slipware tiles Victorian William De Morgan William Frend de Morgan wings

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