WILLIAM DE MORGAN (1839-1917): A RARE 'TRIPLE LUSTRE' LATE FULHAM PERIOD TILE 'MOUNTAIN GOAT'

impressed "D.M. 98" mark to underside, 15.4cm x 15.4cm

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. 122, no. 1073, for a similar design.