Walter Crane Nursery Rhyme Trivet Little Bo Peep by Mosaic Tile Company Knabstrup This 6 inch tile is

This  6 inch tile is colored in matte glazes and held within a simple wood frame making the overall measurements 6 7/8" square and 1" deep

The back is clearly marked and has the copyright of 1881

George Cartlidge was a master of this technique

Signed and dated on the lower right "W Wise 1879"

but it fits right at home with the Storybook Ranches

Walter Crane Nursery Rhyme Trivet Little Bo Peep by Mosaic Tile Company Knabstrup This 6 inch tile isWalter Crane was an accomplished 19th century illustrator famous for his nursery rhyme book Baby's Opera, His designs were used by several American and English tile companies in the early 1900's. This tile is from the Mosaic Tile Company of Zanesville, Ohio and has a transfer design of Little Bo Peep in search of her sheep in a Spring landscape among the daffodils. Measures 6" x 6" x 1 2". This tile has an interesting application of the design. The