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A rare portrait tile of the guide ‘Sophia’
Estimate:
$1,000 - $1,500
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$2,100
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191 The Collection of John Elliot Lawford | Part 1: Live Auction (Lot 1-94)
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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, 215 x 140mm 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.