GEORGE TINWORTH (1843-1913) FOR DOULTON, LAMBETH FOUNTAIN SECTION, CIRCA 1878

salt-glazed stoneware, incised ABRAHAM ROSE EARLY IN THE MORNING AND TOOK BREAD AND A BOTTLE OF WATER AND GAVE IT UNTO HAGAR/ H DOULTON & CO LAMBETH

23cm (8 3/4in) x 21cm (8 1/4in)

Literature:

Coleman, B., The Best of British Arts & Crafts, Atglen, 2004, p. 27 (illustrated).

Note:

This section is similar to an example Tinworth designed a fountain for the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1878. The fountain elements each of which represented different Biblical scenes.