$118,750
FREDERICK H. RHEAD; SANTA BARBARA; Exceptional tile panel incised and enamel-decorated with fish and waves, Santa Barbara, CA, 1914-17; Unmarked; Tiles only: 16 1/2" x 32 1/4", with grout: 19" x 35", frame: 22" x 37 3/4"; Provenance: Descended from Mrs. Hugh Weldon of Mission Canyon whose father, Christoph Tornoe, was one of the directors of Rhead Pottery as well as Rhead"s neighbor and landlord; Exhibited: Frederick Hurten Rhead: An English Potter in America, Erie Art Museum, 1986, catalog pg. 103, California Design 1910, Pasadena Center, 1974, catalog pg. 76; Published: California Tile, The Golden Era 1910-1940 Hispano-Moresque to Woolenius, 2004, p. 101, Anscombe and Gere, Arts and Crafts in Britain and America, 1978, p. 220-221
Auctioneer:
Rago Auctions
Date:
2013-03-02