WILLIAM DE MORGAN (1839-1917): A RUBY LUSTRE 'BBB' TILE

painted in shades of aubergine, green and blue on a white ground, 15.4cm x 15.4cm, in a wooden frame 16.8cm x 16.8cm x 2.5cm overall

Provenance: Purchased from William De Morgan by Arthur James Balfour, Earl of Balfour (1848-1930), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1902 to 1905.
Robert Balfour, 3rd Earl of Balfour (1902-1968)
Thence by descent

Literature: ‘The Designs of William De Morgan’, Martin Greenwood, Richard Dennis publ., pg. 135, no. 844 for this design.