Tile panel
Tile panel
If Hope Were Not Heart Should Break
Object number
KM143.2.a
KM143.2.b
KM143.2.b
Artist/Designer/Maker
Edward Burne-Jones - designer
Production date
1861-1862
1860s
1860s
Production place
England
England
Holland
England
Holland
Material
earthenware
Technique
hand-painted
glazed
tin-glazed
moulded
glazed
tin-glazed
moulded
Dimensions
height: 12.5cm
width: 12.5cm
width: 12.5cm
Location
Kelmscott Manor - (on display); (on display)
Content description
Two tiles forming a single panel. A single female figure, facing right, wearing an elaborate full-sleeved robe and loose-fitting headdress in the medieval style. A narrow banner bearing the motto ‘If hope were not heart should break’ is suspended to the right of the composition.
Inscriptions
Inscription content
IF HOPE WERE NOT HEART SHOULD BREAK
Two hand-painted tiles forming a single panel. Designed by Edward Burne-Jones for Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. From a series of eleven tiles designed by Burne-Jones between 1861 -1862 depicting heroines from Chaucer's 'Legend of Goode Wimmen'.
