The Awakening Castle' from 'Sleeping Beauty' , c.1865 (hand painted polychrome decoration in overglaze enamel...

Artist: Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co., Edward Burne-Jones, William Morris, Lucy Faulkner Two ceramic tiles illustrating a scene from Sleeping Beauty. Left tile shows a bearded man with a crown adorned with red jewels and blue robe with fur collar. He faces a woman in a yellow gown with a white headdress. The two are seated on a wooden bench. In the background a woman in blue holds a tall instrument while a man in red sets a table for a feast in the kitchen. Right tile shows a man in red kneeling over a bucket in the foreground. Beside him a woman in white holds the hand of a man in armor as they enter the room. Beside them another woman in blue looks on while holding a broom. In the background a chef is seen roasting a pig in a hearth.