Blue and White Talavera Bird Wall Plate Made in Spain Victorian An Arts and Crafts tile

An Arts and Crafts tile from England with a central design of ivy leaves surrounded by a geometric border

would make an impressive border or fireplace surround

Some mortar on the back

Audrey Durnan trained for four years as an artist at the Canterbury (England) College of Art

A muscular loin cloth clad Hercules aims his arrow at the Golden Stag of Artemis

Blue and White Talavera Bird Wall Plate Made in Spain Victorian An Arts and Crafts tileThis blue and white plate is hand painted in a Moorish style with a bird, an ostrich?, in the center. It measures 7 7 8" in diameter, has "Made In Spain" and 2 holes for hanging in the foot impressed into the back. This is what Mexican Talavera emulates in the Spanish Colonial Revival style. Very good condition with a few nicks around the edges.