An rare complete set of twenty two French faience glazed tarot card stove tiles Probably 19th century Each of rectangular form printed and painted with stylised figural colourful card images from the Tarot de Marseille, each depicting a different individual card from the Major Arcana sequence, within scalloped titled and numbered yellow borders, some restored, 23.5cm x 15cm approximately overall (22) Footnotes: Provenance John Burningham (English, 1936-2019), children's author and illustrator), ex collection. Vendor's collection since 1995. Whilst traditional French tiled stoves (poêles en faïence) typically favoured floral, mythological, or folk motifs, specialised decorative faience tile panels depicting cards from the Tarot de Marseille were occasionally custom made from the revival of interest in the occult, circa 1820-1850 and then onwards into the early 20th century. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TP TP For auctions held in Scotland: Please refer to the catalogue and/or after-sale information or contact Edinburgh@Bonhams.com for more information. For all other auctions: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (The Packengers, Unit 9, Abbey Mead Industrial Park, Brooker Road, Waltham Abbey, EN9 1HU, England, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue and/or after-sale information, sent out to all buyers post-sale. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 10 calendar days from the auction date. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing