Morris and Company

2011 (May 5 2011)
Commemorative

The original company of Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. was founded in 1861, and quickly established a reputation for fashionable interior design and manufacture of fine furniture and decorations.

Its Pre-Raphaelite founders were artist and designer William Morris, together with partners Edward Burne-Jones, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, the architect Philip Webb, artist Ford Madox Brown, his associate Peter Paul Marshall and Charles Faulkner.

Designed by Kate Stephens
Size 37mm (h) x 35mm (v)
Printed by Cartor Security Print
Print Process Lithography
Perforations 14 x 14.5
Phosphor All Over
Gum PVA

Morris and Company , Vol.48 No.8 (Issue Details)

Stamps

Morris and Company 1st Stamp (2011) Cray - William Morris

Cray - William Morris

1st
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1884 - The most complex Morris and Company fabric print requiring 34 individual hand printing blocks

Morris and Company 1st Stamp (2011) Cherries - Philip Webb

Cherries - Philip Webb

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1867 - This detail from a panel designed by Philip Webb can be seen in the Morris and Company designed dining room (Now known as the Morris Room) at the Victoria and Albert Museum.

Morris and Company 76p Stamp (2011) Seaweed - John Henry Dearle

Seaweed - John Henry Dearle

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1901 - Dearle started with Morris and Company as a shop assistant in their Oxford Street showroom, by 1890 he was chief designer and on Morris’s death in 1896 Art Director. This wallpaper design shows the distinctive Turkish and Persian influences he brought to the firm’s designs.

Morris and Company 76p Stamp (2011) Peony - Kate Faulkner

Peony - Kate Faulkner

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1877 - Kate Faulkner was the sister of Morris’s former business partner William Faulkner together with her sister Lucy she produced a number of ceramic tile designs for Morris and Company.

Morris and Company £1.10 Stamp (2011) Acanthus - William Morris and William De Morgan

Acanthus - William Morris and William De Morgan

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1876 - This slip covered hand painted glazed tiles show how De Morgan’s tile designs were planned to create patterns when several tiles were laid together.

Morris and Company £1.10 Stamp (2011) The Merchant's Daughter - Edward Burne-Jones

The Merchant's Daughter - Edward Burne-Jones

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1864 - Burne-Jones was one of the original partners at Morris and Company and the firm’s principal stained glass panel designer

Presentation Pack

Pack 456
Morris and Company (2011)

Reverse for Morris and Company

Presentation Pack Inner

Morris and Company (2011)

First Day Cover

Morris and Company (2011)

Reverse for Morris and Company
Prestige Pane FDC
Morris and Company (2011)

Postmark

Morris and Company (2011)
Morris and Company (2011)

Prestige Stamp Book

MBPC - DB5 DB5(53)

In the Prestige Stamp Book Morris expert Linda Parry takes an in depth look at the history of Morris and Company and its legacy. It was designed by Kate Stephens. It contains four unique stamp panes unavailable anywhere else.

Morris and Company (2011)

Reverse for Morris and Company

Publicity - First

Morris and Company (2011)

PHQ Cards

Pack PHQ350

PHQ350 (a) PHQ350 (b) PHQ350 (c) PHQ350 (d) PHQ350 (e) PHQ350 (f)