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Victorian Majolica & Art Tile Auction
Victorian Majolica & Art Tile Auction
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A collection of over 100 pieces includes works by Minton, George Jones and Wedgwood, together with a wide variety of decorative English, Continental and American Majolica suitable for all tastes and budgets. This auction is under the direction of Nicholas M. Dawes, author of the standard work Majolica, an appraiser for the PBS series Antiques Roadshow, and and a well-known decorative arts expert. It will be followed by an auction of art tiles, including a fine and large private collection of Majolica glazed tiles. The Art Tile Auction has been organized by Suzanne Perrault, who specializes in American art tile and is an expert appraiser for the PBS series AntiquesRoadshow. It will include several hundred tiles and tile panels. American makers will include the extremely popular Grueby pottery, Marblehead, Rookwood, Owens, and Wheatley, an extensive collection of Moravian tiles, a rare Van Briggle tile, as will a broad collection of architectural terra-cotta designed by George Elmslie for two Indiana schools. 19th Century tiles from here and abroad will make up a good portion of the sale. Some fine and rare hand-painted panels by Charles Volkmar, ca. 1880, will be sold alongside examples from all the best American Victorian tile-makers, such as J. & J.G. Low (including plastic sketches), the American Encaustic Tiling Company, the Trent tile company, Providential, Old Bridge, and U.S. Encaustic. California companies, having come into recent popularity, will be represented by Claycraft, Tudor, and Batchelder, among others. Harris Strong, will be represented with a variety of panels done in the 1950s and ‘60s..An extensive collection of European Art Nouveau will be offered for the first time, including several fine panels and trays with tiles from the German firm of Johann Von Schwarz. Several other German, Belgian, and French tile makers’ 6” tiles will be available, either as single pieces, or most often, in groups to use as friezes for walls, fireplace surrounds, or simply, to be mounted in frames and displayed. The auction will offer many Dutch tiles by Rozenburg and De Porceleyne Fles . English companies will include Minton’s, Pilkington’s, Sherwin & Cotton, William de Morgan. Ms. Perrault can be contacted directly at 609-397-1802 or Suzanne@ragoarts.com. Mr. Dawes can be contacted directly at 212-473-5111 or nmdawes@aol.com.
2002 Oct 06
09:00
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ENGLISH MAJOLICA monkey jug, circa 1880, modeled as a seated monkey holding a stalk of bamboo, pi…
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ENGLISH MAJOLICA monkey jug, circa 1880, modeled as a seated monkey holding a stalk of bamboo, pink interior. 9 1/4" height
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
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ENGLISH MAJOLICA cucumber-form jug, attributed to BROMLEY AND COMPANY, circa 1880, naturalistical…
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ENGLISH MAJOLICA cucumber-form jug, attributed to BROMLEY AND COMPANY, circa 1880, naturalistically modeled and glazed. Minor glaze flecks and restora
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ENGLISH MAJOLICA vase, circa 1875, modeled as a naturalistic shell supported by three branches of…
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ENGLISH MAJOLICA vase, circa 1875, modeled as a naturalistic shell supported by three branches of coral. 4 1/2" height
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
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ENGLISH MAJOLICA game pie dish and cover, attributed to WEGDWOOD, circa 1870, oval, with game des…
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ENGLISH MAJOLICA game pie dish and cover, attributed to WEGDWOOD, circa 1870, oval, with game design in yellow and green on brown ground. Restoration
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Estimate : 600.00 - 900.00
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Victorian MAJOLICA jardinere or wine glass cooler, probably English, circa 1890, with scalloped r…
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Victorian MAJOLICA jardinere or wine glass cooler, probably English, circa 1890, with scalloped rim, patterned with panels of wading birds in shoresca
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
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ENGLISH MAJOLICA basket, circa 1880, leaf-form, held by a double strap handle, pale blue ground a…
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ENGLISH MAJOLICA basket, circa 1880, leaf-form, held by a double strap handle, pale blue ground and pink interior. 13" length
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ENGLISH MAJOLICA serving dish, circa 1875, patterned with leaf, blossom and branches, applied wit…
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ENGLISH MAJOLICA serving dish, circa 1875, patterned with leaf, blossom and branches, applied with a bird, cobalt blue ground. Bird with restoration.
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Estimate : 350.00 - 450.00
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GEORGE JONES MAJOLICA center, circa 1875, modeled as three scallop shells supported by three dolp…
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GEORGE JONES MAJOLICA center, circa 1875, modeled as three scallop shells supported by three dolphins with entwined tail on raised scallop-shell feet.
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Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
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Rare MINTON MAJOLICA quatrefoil cake basket, dated 1872, the sides of open basketweave in yellow …
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Rare MINTON MAJOLICA quatrefoil cake basket, dated 1872, the sides of open basketweave in yellow glaze, the reeded handles applied with pink ribbon, t
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 12,000.00
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Early MINTON MAJOLICA vase, circa 1855, molded with four mask handles and leafage joined by rope …
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Early MINTON MAJOLICA vase, circa 1855, molded with four mask handles and leafage joined by rope swags on cobalt blue ground. Some restorations to foo
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Fine and rare pair of Victorian MAJOLICA double wall sconces, probably French, circa 1870, each w…
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Fine and rare pair of Victorian MAJOLICA double wall sconces, probably French, circa 1870, each with backplate modeled naturalistically with overlapin
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 10,000.00
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FRENCH CHOISY-LE-ROI MAJOLICA conservatory stool, circa 1880, in Japanese taste, with panels of p…
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FRENCH CHOISY-LE-ROI MAJOLICA conservatory stool, circa 1880, in Japanese taste, with panels of prunus blossoms on cobalt blue ground within yellow ro
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Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
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ENGLISH MAJOLICA umbrella stand, circa 1880, modeled as a rustic tree stump, decorated with a sto…
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ENGLISH MAJOLICA umbrella stand, circa 1880, modeled as a rustic tree stump, decorated with a stork and ostrich, blue interior. Large body crack. 23...
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HUGO LONITZ MAJOLICA dressing mirror, circa 1885, the elaborate frame modeled in the form of bran…
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HUGO LONITZ MAJOLICA dressing mirror, circa 1885, the elaborate frame modeled in the form of branches entwined with ivy and applied with three birds a
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Estimate : 8,000.00 - 12,000.00
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Monumental ENGLISH MAJOLICA jardiniere, circa 1865, molded as a rustic hollow tree trunk applied …
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Monumental ENGLISH MAJOLICA jardiniere, circa 1865, molded as a rustic hollow tree trunk applied with branches of oak and blossoming blackberry beneat
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Estimate : 1,600.00 - 2,200.00
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Fine and rare oval pewter tray with JOHANN VON SCHWARZ Art Nouveau tile, decorated in cuenca with…
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Fine and rare oval pewter tray with JOHANN VON SCHWARZ Art Nouveau tile, decorated in cuenca with a lady with black hair in profile in front of a land
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
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Fine and rare series of four tiles by JOHANN VON SCHWARZ, each depicting a different woman in pro…
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Fine and rare series of four tiles by JOHANN VON SCHWARZ, each depicting a different woman in profile in a garden, picking or watering flowers. A coup
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Estimate : 4,000.00 - 6,000.00
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Fine and rare JOHANN VON SCHWARZ tile mounted as an Art Nouveau light fixture, the tile decorated…
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Fine and rare JOHANN VON SCHWARZ tile mounted as an Art Nouveau light fixture, the tile decorated in cuenca with a woman in profile, flowers in her ha
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Estimate : 2,200.00 - 2,800.00
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Fine and rare oval pewter tray with JOHANN VON SCHWARZ Art Nouveau tile, decorated in cuenca with…
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Fine and rare oval pewter tray with JOHANN VON SCHWARZ Art Nouveau tile, decorated in cuenca with a lady with red hair playing the flute and holding a
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Fine, large and rare thirty-two tile panel by DESVRES (France) entirely decorated in squeezebag w…
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Fine, large and rare thirty-two tile panel by DESVRES (France) entirely decorated in squeezebag with trophies of arrows and ribbons, in greens, amber,
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Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
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Fine and unusual turn-of-the-century English tile incised with a Pre-Rafaelite maiden carrying st…
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Fine and unusual turn-of-the-century English tile incised with a Pre-Rafaelite maiden carrying sticks of wood in a colorful, hilly landscape, next to
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
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Fine VILLEROY & BOCH four-tile frieze depicting carp swimming amidst white waterlilies, on a gree…
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Fine VILLEROY & BOCH four-tile frieze depicting carp swimming amidst white waterlilies, on a green ground. Several small nicks to edges, a few p...
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Fine GILLIOT & Cie (Hemixem, Belgium) nine-tile frieze with drops tube-lined with pink and yellow…
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Fine GILLIOT & Cie (Hemixem, Belgium) nine-tile frieze with drops tube-lined with pink and yellow roses and green foliage on white, and six plai...
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Frieze of four fine German majolica tiles, molded with a littoral scene of swans, waterlilies, ca…
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Frieze of four fine German majolica tiles, molded with a littoral scene of swans, waterlilies, cattails, and a dragonfly, in polychrome. A few minor n
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Two fine VILLEROY & BOCH tiles molded with two fish in blue and red with yellow eye, on a blue gr…
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Two fine VILLEROY & BOCH tiles molded with two fish in blue and red with yellow eye, on a blue ground. One mounted in black box frame, Nicks to ...
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Estimate : 200.00 - 300.00
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Fine ERNST TEICHERT (Germany) tile with molded fish, celadon glaze, in black box frame. Two small…
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Fine ERNST TEICHERT (Germany) tile with molded fish, celadon glaze, in black box frame. Two small chips to surface. 6" sq.
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
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Two fine BOCH FRERES heraldic tiles decorated in cuerda seca with a rampant lion or a phoenix in …
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Two fine BOCH FRERES heraldic tiles decorated in cuerda seca with a rampant lion or a phoenix in cobalt on a gold quatrefoil medallion, against a foli
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Rare MORAVIAN "Swan and Tower" inkstand with the motto "Fluminis Impetus Letificat Civitatem Dei"…
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Rare MORAVIAN "Swan and Tower" inkstand with the motto "Fluminis Impetus Letificat Civitatem Dei" in ivory glaze on a blue groun...
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DE PORCELEYNE FLES tile from the Verzet (Resistance) series, decorated in cuenca with a rampant l…
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DE PORCELEYNE FLES tile from the Verzet (Resistance) series, decorated in cuenca with a rampant lion holding a sword, in front of a sun rising on a Du
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Two pairs of German tiles with stylized triple blue and yellow blossoms on looping celadon stems,…
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Two pairs of German tiles with stylized triple blue and yellow blossoms on looping celadon stems, over dark green. Small nicks, pockmarks, some abrasi
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Fine and unusual German two-tile frieze with a stylized peacock feather in blue, green, amber and…
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Fine and unusual German two-tile frieze with a stylized peacock feather in blue, green, amber and white cuenca on a gray ground. Small edge chip and m
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Two fine GILLIOT & Cie. (Hemixem, Belgium) four-tile vertical friezes slip-decorated through sten…
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Two fine GILLIOT & Cie. (Hemixem, Belgium) four-tile vertical friezes slip-decorated through stencils with stylized mums on two-tile stems, over...
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Estimate : 400.00 - 600.00
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Pair of GILLIOT & Cie. (Hemixem, Belgium) vertical five-tile friezes with yellow Glasgow roses ov…
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Pair of GILLIOT & Cie. (Hemixem, Belgium) vertical five-tile friezes with yellow Glasgow roses over a three-tile stem, finished by brown leaves,...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 750.00
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Three fine GILLIOT & Cie (Hemixem, Belgium) frieze tiles with a white and gray hibiscus with gree…
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Three fine GILLIOT & Cie (Hemixem, Belgium) frieze tiles with a white and gray hibiscus with green leaves on turquoise ground. A couple of minut...
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Eight fine GILLIOT & Cie (Hemixem, Belgium) frieze tiles embossed with purple wisteria and impres…
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Eight fine GILLIOT & Cie (Hemixem, Belgium) frieze tiles embossed with purple wisteria and impressed with green leaves, on white (two different ...
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
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Five VILLEROY & BOCH frieze tiles embossed with white and yellow daisies with green leaves, on a …
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Five VILLEROY & BOCH frieze tiles embossed with white and yellow daisies with green leaves, on a blue sky. Two small corner chips, otherwise min...
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Four ERNST TEICHERT (Germany) tiles with stylized gingko leaves in brown and amber cuenca, agains…
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Four ERNST TEICHERT (Germany) tiles with stylized gingko leaves in brown and amber cuenca, against a gray ground. Two have a few very minor nicks to w
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Fine three-tile frieze by ERNST TEICHERT (Germany) molded with a woman's head with yellow waterli…
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Fine three-tile frieze by ERNST TEICHERT (Germany) molded with a woman's head with yellow waterlily, amidst flowing waterlilies, under green maj...
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Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
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Six MEISSNER OFEN AND PORZELLANFABRIK (Germany) frieze tiles with pinecones and needles in green …
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Six MEISSNER OFEN AND PORZELLANFABRIK (Germany) frieze tiles with pinecones and needles in green and brown. Several nicks to surface. Raised mark. 6...
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Six and a half MEISSNER OFEN AND PORZELLANFABRIK (Germany) frieze tiles molded with an organic fl…
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Six and a half MEISSNER OFEN AND PORZELLANFABRIK (Germany) frieze tiles molded with an organic floral and foliate design in bright red and green cuenc
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Eight German bullnose tiles, each embossed with a poppy under glossy green glaze. Some small nick…
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Eight German bullnose tiles, each embossed with a poppy under glossy green glaze. Some small nicks to about four. Unmarked. 6" sq.
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Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
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ISAAC BROOME tile panel, "Parthenia," embossed with a classical woman's profile, under an amber g…
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ISAAC BROOME tile panel, "Parthenia," embossed with a classical woman's profile, under an amber glaze. Mounted in new silver-leaf fram...
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Fine BEAVER FALLS tile designed by Isaac Broome with the portrait of George Washington in profile…
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Fine BEAVER FALLS tile designed by Isaac Broome with the portrait of George Washington in profile, in front of a background of stars, under a clear bu
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AMERICAN ENCAUSTIC TILING CO. tile embossed with a lady in profile wearing a bonnet, under a rare…
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AMERICAN ENCAUSTIC TILING CO. tile embossed with a lady in profile wearing a bonnet, under a rare light blue glaze. In Arts & Crafts oak frame. ...
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Large English plaque china-painted with a classical maiden holding a gold cup, and standing next …
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Large English plaque china-painted with a classical maiden holding a gold cup, and standing next to a shield and helmet. Artist-signed H. 24" x...
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Fine UNITED STATES ENCAUSTIC six-tile panel molded with Venus and Cupid warming themselves over a…
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Fine UNITED STATES ENCAUSTIC six-tile panel molded with Venus and Cupid warming themselves over a coal fire, covered in a clear burgundy glaze. Mounte
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Set of three American tiles, probably from a fireplace surround, each molded with a nude, the ver…
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Set of three American tiles, probably from a fireplace surround, each molded with a nude, the vertical ones representing day and night, and covered in
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Estimate : 1,500.00 - 2,000.00
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Pair of fine VILLEROY & BOCH tiles molded with the portrait of a young man and woman, under sheer…
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Pair of fine VILLEROY & BOCH tiles molded with the portrait of a young man and woman, under sheer glossy green glaze. Minimal crazing. Stamped L...
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Fine and rare ROOKWOOD Standard Glaze plaque painted by Grace Young after Rembrandt's Portrait of…
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Fine and rare ROOKWOOD Standard Glaze plaque painted by Grace Young after Rembrandt's Portrait of an Officer, ca. 1630, "Study Head," ...
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Estimate : 3,750.00 - 4,750.00
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Fine and rare CHARLES VOLKMAR plaque painted in barbotine, ca. 1880, with a landscape of trees by…
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Fine and rare CHARLES VOLKMAR plaque painted in barbotine, ca. 1880, with a landscape of trees by a river, and mallard ducks. Appears to be in origina
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Estimate : 2,250.00 - 2,750.00
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