Dodo (v2 2006)
Price £38 (including UK Tracked post) for us to specially create a copy of this tile. The mould is retrieved from storage and set up for the press. Once created we will treat it in the same way as a personalised tile. It is mounted on our regular presentation cards. If you are interested please get in touch via the Contact Us page.
This is a reworking of the original 1989 design.
The flightless, turkey-sized dodo was regarded as a great curiosity by the early 17th century visitors to Mauritius as they sailed in the Indian Ocean. A number of the strange birds were shipped alive to Europe but they were reported as being clumsy and stupid and were slaughtered in large numbers by sailors who visited Mauritius. They were known to be rare by 1640, and the last dodo was dead by 1670. The only complete stuffed dodo was kept in Oxford, but this was destroyed in a fire in 1755. We know what the dodo looked like: there are several drawings, a head and foot were saved from the fire and skeletons have been reconstructed from bones dug up in the 19th century. Alfred Waterhouse, the 19th century architect of London’s Natural History Museum, designed a wonderful range of decorative bas relief panels which can still be seen both inside and outside the museum. Sadly, the tile represents the tragic effect of mankind’s thoughtless treatment of the natural world.
Fixing Points: the two holes in the tile
Dimensions: 10cm x 10.2cm
