TACS Journal

The TACS Journal is an annual scholarly publication containing illustrated articles of original research, many covering subjects being studied for the first time.

Publications Index
2025 Index to Glazed Expressions Nos. 1–94 & TACS Journal Nos. 1–30

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Vol 26 2020: Georgina Grant & Gillian Crumpton Schooling Good Taste: The Coalbrookdale School of Art 1856–1924 • Dr Alan Swale Influences and motivations: South Kensington terracotta constructions of the Department of Science and Art • Radhika Vaidyanathan British Tiles in Colonial Period Buildings in Southern India and Mumbai – £12.00 Buy

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Vol 25 2019: Susan Darby Richard Prosser (1804-1854) Engineer, Inventor and Patent Law Reformer • Hans van Lemmen Minton’s Prosser’s Patent Tiles 1840-1854 •Dr Mario Baeck  The myth of an invention: the early developments of dust-pressed tile manufacturing on the European continent. – £12.00 Buy

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Vol 24 2018: Susana Coentro; Rui A.A. Trindade; Rui C. da Silva and Vânia S.F. Muralha The techniques of Hispano-Moresque tiles: Examining the collection of the Monastery of Santa Clara-a-Velha in Coimbra, Portugal • Colin Fenn The last throw of clay: Sepulchral ceramics in England • Annemie De Vos, Melissa Vandevijvere, Frans Caignie, Mario Baeck and Geert Van der Snickt Restoration of The Conversion of Saul: New techniques in the treatment of sixteenth century Antwerp tile panels.
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Accompanying Ceramic Memorials Gazetteer download, compiled by Colin Fenn

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Vol 23 2017: Hans van Lemmen From over-glaze to under-glaze: British transfer-printed tiles 1756–1854 • Hans Theunissen & Hatice Adıgüzel A Paradise for the Studious and Literary: the Dutch Tiles of the Ragıb Mehmed Pasha Library • Angela & Barry Corbett Lesser known pre-WWI artists at Pilkington’s Tiles.
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Vol 22 2016: BURMANTOFTS decorative tiles for interiors
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Vol 21 2015: Paul Hardin Kapp and Gillian Crumpton Industry and Art: The Jackfield Tile Museum and the John Scott Collection at the Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage Site, Shropshire, England. • Ian M Betts Edwardian and Later Lettered Tile Panels in Branches of W. H. Smith • Ian M Betts Decorative Tile Panels in Branches of W. H. Smith.
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Vol 20 2014: Bart Verbrugge Delft Tiles Abroad De Porceleyne Fles Expansion into International Markets 1900-1940 • Mario Baeck The Flourishing of Belgium Ornamental Tiles and Tile Panels in the Art Nouveau Period • Klaus Schiller 111 Years of Tile Production in Boizenburg: A Brief History of the Early Years.
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Vol 19 2013:  Chris Blanchett The Decorative Tiles of Frederick Garrard and John James Lewis •  Pedro Flor, Maria Joao Pereira Coutinho, Silvia Ferreira and Susana Varela Flor Rediscovering the Great Panorama of Lisbon in tiles • Susana Varela Flor Dirck Stoop (1618-1686) in Portugal: Paintings, Engravings and Tiles.
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Vol 18 2012: The Journal: A Brief History •Penny Beckett The TACS Locations Database Project • Lynn Pearson The Karl-Marx-Alle, Berlin: A Pictorial Record • Christopher R. Marsden Dorothy Annan and the Fleet Building Panels • Lindsay Lennie James Duncan Limited: Scotland’s Tiler
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Vol 17 2011: Sheila Menzies and Joseph A.Taylor Editorial • Riley Doty British Tile Makers in the United States: 1910–1940 • Mike Sims Robert Minton Taylor. A Life of Trials and Tribulations • Barbara McMullen British Terracotta in Canada. Its Import and Use 1809–1931.
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Vol 16 2010: Johan Kamermans Trials of Technology: the attempt by the Dutch firm Rozenburg to adopt mass production techniques for tile making •Andrew Montgomery Farrago 1909-10: Modernism in the satiric deconstruction of the English house • Christopher R. Marsden Anything with Anything: An introduction to the art and craft of Alan Boyson.
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Vol 15 2009: Lindsay Lennie (Historic Scotland) The Tiled Shops of James Duncan Limited • Barry and Angela Corbett Tile Designs by Lewis Foreman Day for Pilkington’s Tile & Pottery Company • Mario Baeck Ornamental Terracotta in Nineteenth Century France: Virebent of Toulouse • Jaume Coll Conesa (Museum Director), The Museo Nacional de Cerámica “González Martí” and Ceramic Tile Collecting in Valencia.
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Vol 14 2008: Peter Hyland The Rescued Minton Tile Printing Plates at the Wedgwood Museum • Fernando González Moreno A Brief History of Talavera Tile Production: Tradition and Revival • Mario Baeck In accordance with archaeological handbooks: neo-gothic floors in the Cathedral of Our Lady, Antwerp, Belgium • Hans van Lemmen Ceramic Follies.
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Vol 13 2007:  Christopher R. Marsden The Architectural Ceramics of Fritz Steller • Maureen Devine Aesthetic Chicago: Art Tiles of the Samuel M. Nickerson House • Penny Beckett Unsung Pioneers: the founders of Gibbs & Canning, Terracotta Manufacturers.

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Vol 12 2006: Hans van Lemmen An iconographic and iconological approach to tile analysis based on a study of the Edward the Confessor tile at Westminster Abbey • Biddy Macfarlane Donald Maxwell’s Domesday Tiles • Mario Baeck Cement tiles: An exploration • Alastair Scott Anderson The South Building, Royal Observatory Greenwich: The Meeting of Art and Astronomy
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Vol 11 2005: Kathryn Ferry Colour and Geometry: The Tile Designs of Owen Jones • Laura Gardner ‘Domestic and Ecclesiastical Workmen’: W.B. Simpson and Sons • John and Mary Bentley Tiled Stove Manufacture in South Sweden • Lynn Pearson Decorative Tile and Terracotta Exports by British Manufacturers, 1840-1940.
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Vol 10 2004: JULIE GILLAM WOOD Behind the Facade: An Insight into Burmantofts’ Trading Ethos • LYNN PEARSON To Brighten the Environment: Ceramic Tile Murals in Britain 1950-70 • JOHN PRICE ‘Everyday Heroes ‘: The Memorial Tablets of Postman’s Park • PENNY BECKETT George Swift and Liverpool’s Swan Tile Works.
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Vol. 9 2003: LINDA F. DYKE Henry Chapman Mercer’s Tile Collection • LYNN F. PEARSON Memorial and Commemorative Tiles in Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Churches • MARGARET A.V. GILL A Munificent Benefaction: Godwin Tiles in St Peter’s Church, Hereford • MICHAEL SIMS Gilbert Elliott and the Muskingum County (Ohio) Courthouse Floors.
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Vol. 8 2000: ALAN SWALE Architectural Terracotta and Faience – a critical appraisal • HANS VAN LEMMEN Tiles in Seville • PETER WILLIAMS Floor Tiling in Saint Mary’s Church, Shrewsbury • LYNN PEARSON Decorative Ceramics in the Buildings of the British Brewing Industry.
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Vol. 7 1998: GEOFFREY KAY The Peacock of Mysore – an account of the tiled floor of the Wedding Pavilion in the Mysore Palace, Karnataka State, India • GRAHAM SCOTT The Dream of City Architecture Expressed in Colourful Ceramics – the theories and architecture of Halsey Ralph Ricardo • HANS VAN LEMMEN A Special Series of Ravesteijn Delftware Tiles Made for Export to Britain • BRUNO BENTZ AND DANIEL DUFOURNIER Chemical Analyses of Dutch Tiles from the Castles of Marly (Yvelines), Rocheclwuart (Haute-Vienne) and Labbeville (Vail-d’Oise ) • ANDREW SKELTON The Carshalton Water Tower Tiled Bath – a study in Anglo-Dutch Tiles • ROBERT HUNT On the Applications of Science to the Fine and Useful Arts Artificial Stone – Tessera, etc.
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Vol. 6 1996: CLEOTA REED A Discovery in Pennsylvania – The ‘Tiles’ Guardbook of John Gough Nichols • CHRIS BLANCHETT The Tiles of Dorchester Abbey • JANET DOUGLAS Patronage and Politics in a Leeds Parish – The Story of the Brangwyn Mosaics in St. Aidans Church, Harehills • DOUGLAS VAN DER HORST Architectural Ceramics in South Africa – The Products of Olifantsfontein.
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Vol. 5 1994: JOHN CHERRY The Creation of the Medieval Tile Collection in the British Museum, 1851 to 1866 • JANE COCHRANE Medieval Tiled Floor Patterns • REVD JOHNS REYNOLDS Alfred Reynolds and the Block Process • CONRAD BIERNACKI Wedgwood Tiles: the Thomas Allen / Albert Moore Link • JOAN SKINNER The Fancy Factories of Wallis, Gilbert & Partners.
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Vol. 4 1992:GRAHAM D KEEVILL An Introduction to Romano-British Brick and Tile • J STOPFORD The Yorkshire Medieval Tile Project • GK B EAULAH Encaustic Tiles – a 19th Century Viewpoint • GEOFFREY KAY Charles Lynam – an Architect of Tile Factories • LAWRENCE D BURTON William Burton and Pilkington’s Tiles Limited.
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Vol. 3 1990: Shirley Strachan Henry Powell Dunnill: a Victorian Tilemaster • Kevin Gannon Refuge Assurance Company Offices, Manchester • Miranda F Goodby George Tinworth: an Artist in Terracotta • Hans van Lemmen Children’s Games on Dutch Delftware Tiles • G K Beaulah FSA Samuel Wright of Shelton and his Tiles.

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Vol. 2 1987: Richard Myers Murray Marks and Thomas Elsley, Importers of Dutch Tiles • Dr Francis Celoria Contributions towards working definitions of the word ‘Terracotta’ • Alan Swale The Terracotta of the Wedgwood Institute, Burslem • Peter and Diana Clegg Discovering the Decorative Art Tile Company.
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Vol. 1 1982: Hans van Lemmen Nineteenth-Century Dutch Tiles • Betty Greene The Godwins of Hereford • Richard & Hilary Myers Morris and Company Ceramic Tiles  • G .K. Beaulah Tiles of rhombic shape at Thornton Abbey with notes on some others
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