A rare portrait tile of the guide 'Sophia', produced by George…
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A rare portrait tile of the guide 'Sophia', produced by George Cartlidge at Sherwin Cotton Pottery in Staffordshire ca 1900. Titled top right corner. Depicted wearing a korowai, pounamu tiki and pendant and huia feathers in her hair. With the artist George Cartlidge's monogram, 21.5 x 14 cm and in the original black frame. Created using a technique popular at the time, rendering photographs on ceramic surfaces for a three-dimensional image. The technique involved combining the use of varying monochromatic glaze and clay body depths.
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- Monochrome / Monochromatic - A painting or drawing finished in a single colour, or in different shades of a single color.
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