4 STUDIO ART HAND-DECORATED SMALL CERAMIC TILES

PROBABLY MADE USING A WAX RESIST GLAZE TECHNIQUE

BY CLIVE SIMMONDS

1960s or early 1970s

EACH TILE MEASURES 5cm x 5cm

Tile blanks were supplied by  Hereford Tiles Ltd.

They have previously been stuck to a hessian-backed board as a decoration therefore some residues of glue and hessian on the reverse.

3 TILES IN VERY GOOD CONDITION- NO CRAZING

1TILE (RED CENTRAL SPOT ONE) HAS A VERY SMALL CHIP (2mm) IN THE GLAZE ON ONE CORNER, BUT THIS IS HARDLY VISIBLE. AGAIN THIS TILE HAS NO CRAZING.

Clive Simmonds was a Norfolk  born ( 1938) ceramic artist active in the 60s & 70s. He emigrated to Australia in 1978 and died in 1997. The  tiles were found  on a board (covering a fire place) in a 1950s house in Norwich that we moved into early 1990s. Originally we thought the tiles were  decorated by Alan Wallwork, due to similarities in style, but the Norfolk link fits in with the artist being Clive Simmonds. We also have now been supplied with images from the artist's studio which verifies this.

Many thanks to fellow ebayers for helping us identify the artist. 

Please ask any questions.