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William De Morgan Persian Fish Bowls and Companion Fish

William de Morgan fish bowl border

for Borders or Fireplace Surrounds

The last thing a fish would ever notice would be water. ~Raph Linton

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About the Fish Bowls

William De Morgan Fireplace Fish Bowl tile panels

Like the Morris-De Morgan collaboration in the Membland Hall tiles, the fish bowl tiles were produced using the "painted paper" technique, where the leading lines of the design were drawn on tracing paper before being pasted onto a sheet of glass used as a guide for the artst who finished the tiles, sometimes with direction from De Morgan and Halsey Ricardo, and sometimes with the color preferences of a particular client in mind. In most cases, considerable leeway was give the artists who painted the tiles. (More about De Morgan's Painted Paper technique. )

The De Morgan Fish bowl tiles were designed when De Morgan had his tile works down the lane from Merton Abbey, and through Morris & Co.

The fish bowls work well in a fireplace surround in their own right. They are seamless on both the horizontal and the vertical, so you could use them for a one- or two-row border.

Background Colors: Available background colors are: cream, black, indigo, and white. The cream is taken from the fish tail color in the Persian Fish Frieze.

Size: The two-tile fish panel is available on 4.25 and 6 inch ceramic tile.

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Persian Fish Bowls Companion Tiles

These tiles are intended to work with the Persian Fish Bowls. Available background colors are water, black, white, cream.

Prism fish, for De Morgan fireplace tile, with water

Prism fish

Four red-brown fish, for De Morgan fireplace tile, with water

Red-brown fish

Five blue fish, for De Morgan fireplace tile, with water

Five blue fish

Two small fish bowl fish, for De Morgan fireplace tile, with water

Small bowl fish

Three blue-green fish, for De Morgan fireplace tile, with water

Blue-green fish

Five green fish, for De Morgan fireplace tile, with water

Five green fish

Three Wightwick Manor fish, for De Morgan fireplace tile, with water

Three Wightwick Fish

Three sunfish, for De Morgan fireplace tile, with water

Three sunfishes

Four Wightwick Manor fish, for De Morgan fireplace tile, with water

Four Wightwick fishes

Six neon fish, for De Morgan fireplace tile, with water

Six neons

Two lost souls, for De Morgan fireplace tile, with water

Two lost souls

Infinite fish, for De Morgan fireplace tile, with water

Infinity fish

Over the Rainbow fish, for De Morgan fireplace tile, with water

Over the Rainbow fish

Fish Bowl Pricing

Individual Tiles:

4.25 inch tiles: $63 each tile

6 inch tiles: $78 each tile

Persian Fish Frieze fireplace, Bath, Maine

Companion Fish Pricing

Individual Tiles:

4.25 inch tiles: $63 each tile

6 inch tiles: $78 each tile

If you are also buying a set of the Persian Fish Bowls, companion tile prices are:

4.25 inch tiles: $55

6 inch tiles: $68

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