Red, yellow, and blue 19th Century English tile - 30 May 2023

Tiles again

Oh yes. More tiles from the Tile Book, this one from a 19th Century English design - possibly Minton & Co. or A. W. N. Pugin? The book is a little vague about who designed exactly what on the page (p. 170-171). Here is the sketch part :

red yellow blue tile sketch

I sized it up by 1.5 (3/2) so that it was a little easier to paint.

Talking of painting

I tried to match the original colours in the book, mostly successfully:

red yellow blue tile painted

However the blue circle should be a lot darker - nearly black. Also the yellow is more orange-brown … perhaps. In general, it looks good but I really need to make the symmetry more exact. Had to adjust some of the curls, but it is still a little uneven. The central part is very uneven.

Final result

The completed item can be found here as always.