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Kate Greenaway Tile from Ellen Willmott's Jardinière

Ellen Willmott, Kate Greenaway1890/1900

Garden Museum

Garden Museum
London , United Kingdom

A tile from a jardinière formerly belonging to the renowned horticulturalist Ellen Willmott (1858–1934) and made in the Aesthetic style, with ebonised wood inlaid with Minton tiles. The tiles were designed by Walter Crane (1845–1915) and Kate Greenaway (1846–1901) and depict a variety of figures in garden habitats, often in fairy-tale settings.
Minton tiles could be purchased blank with the design in outline to be coloured and returned for firing. This tile was designed by Greenaway and coloured by Miss Willmott - she was an amateur artist. The jardinière was used at Willmott’s family home of Warley Place, which she inherited after her father’s death.
Miss, Willmott left this jardinière to her butler, John Robinson, one of the few staff loyal enough to stay. Robinson’s granddaughter later auctioned it at Sotheby’s, where the Garden Museum purchased it in 2003

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  • Title: Kate Greenaway Tile from Ellen Willmott's Jardinière
  • Creator: Ellen Willmott - Kate Greenaway
  • Date created: 1890/1900
  • Location created: Warley Place, Essex, London
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