Tile, 6 x 6 inches. Blue transfer. Maker is Sherwin & Cotton. This pattern features a large amphora decorated with geometric patterns and filled with palm fronds, sitting in a stand. The border consists of single flowerheads in each corner alternating with rectangles filled with a radiating sun and a chevron pattern.

Sherwin & Cotton were one of the greatest decorative tile makers of the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries commencing in 1877 and selling up to Johnsons in 1911. One of the most prolific designers especially with its famed art director George Cartlidge with a vast range of designs in numerous techniques some of which were exclusive to themselves. They made many tiles especially for the fireplace market with a wide range of five-tile panels and 6x12 for panel centerpieces and objéts d'art.