c.1900 NORDDEUTSCHE STEINGUTFABRIK ART NOUVEAU TILE A fine light grey-green ground Art Nouveau tile, featuring stylised bright goldenrod flower heads and stems within a relief olive border below a cream and burnt orange petal form. CONDITION: one or two tiny edge nicks and nibbles; typical glaze crazing; no cracks or hairlines - if you have any questions about this item, contact me. Seller operates a 100% item purchase price money back returns policy if not completely satisfied. Circa 1900, produced by the Norddeutsche Steingutfabrik Grohn near Bremen. A little under 6in/15.2cm square.  

ATTRACTIVE c1900 LE GLAIVE BELGIUM ART NOUVEAU TILE An excellent tile, with a delightful raised edge Art Nouveau stylised floral and vegetal motif featuring typical whiplash designs impressed on an oval light blue ground. The tile is further enhanced with outer ochre coloured panels containing flower heads and swirling leaves. Condition: minor edge nibbles; some light surface wear, typical fine glaze crazing; no cracks or hairlines - if you have any questions about this item, contact me. Seller operates a 100% purchase price money back returns policy if not completely satisfied. Circa 1900, made by Le Glaive Belgium, tile fully marked. 6in/5.2cm square.  

c.1890 PROBABLY WEDGWOOD CLASSICAL REVIVAL TILE WITH PORTRAIT HEAD An excellent, revivalist tile in the classical manner, with a cream ground. The tile features a central patterned cartouche in yellow, framing the profile portrait of a bearded man. The cartouche is enhanced by four bell flower sprigs, and the tile has bold corner designs incorporating patera, scrollwork, bell flowers and beaded borders. CONDITION: small edge chip top right, very small edge nibble bottom middle and left; small glaze flaw over the figure's hair; no cracks or hairlines, motif definition very good - if you have any questions about this item, contact me. Seller operates a 100% purchase price money back returns policy if not completely satisfied. Circa 1890, the back marked "H", often attributed to Wedgwood. 6in/15.2cm square.  

c.1885 MAW SEVEN AGES OF MAN TILE SLIPPERED PANTALOON A good black and white example of Maw & Co's "Seven Ages of Man" series, featuring "6. The Slippered Pantaloon". The tile shows an elderly man within a scrolled cartouche, his right hand raised to his glasses; the corners are decorated with stylised floral designs. CONDITION: small edge nick top left; minor edge nibbling left; small losses to the bottom reverse edge (not visible from the front), cement residue on the reverse; typical fine glaze crazing; no cracks or hairlines; image definition good; framed ready for hanging. - if you have any questions about this item, contact me. Seller operates a 100% item purchase price money back returns policy if not completely satisfied. Circa 1885; indistinct but identifiable Maw Salopia mark. 6in/15.2cm square.  

c.1900 T&R BOOTE ART NOUVEAU ROSE TILE A pretty Art Nouveau tile, with a soft white interlocking star pattern over a light steelblue ground. The tile features a relief moulded rose framed by a cartouche of leaf sprays. CONDITION: right back edge chamfered resulting in a lightly rough and nibbled front edge; one or two edge glaze nibbles; typical glaze crazing; no cracks or hairlines; design definition good - if you have any questions about this item, contact me. Seller operates a 100% purchase price money back returns policy if not completely satisfied. Circa 1900, the reverse marked with the circular T&R Boote stamp plus additional lettering. 6in/15.2cm square.  

1940s VILLEROY & BOCH HAND PAINTED FLORAL TILE, SIGNED A most attractive hand painted arrangement of wild flowers, including Edelweiss, on a cream ground tile; signed "WJ43" lower right. CONDITION: light and minor rubbing to the motif; minor edge nibbles; no cracks or hairlines - if you have any questions about this item, contact me. Seller operates a 100% purchase price money back returns policy if not completely satisfied. 1940s, tile by Villeroy & Boch Dänischburg. Just under 6in/15.2cm square.  

RARE c.188O SEPIA 8 INCH MINTON WAVERLY TILE: ROB ROY Based on the Waverly novels by Sir Walter Scott, these John Moyr Smith designed tiles (twelve in all) were introduced at the Paris Exhibition of 1878. The tile features "Rob Roy in Glasgow Tolbooth" (prison) from chapter 23 of the book, to quote: "The magistrate took the light out of his servant-maid's hand, and advanced to his scrutiny, like Diogenes in the street of Athens . . . The first whom he approached was my mysterious guide, who, seated on a table as I have already described him, with his eyes firmly fixed on the wall, his features arranged into the utmost inflexibility of expression, his hands folded on his breast with an air betwixt carelessness and defiance, his heel patting against the foot of the table, to keep time with the tune which he continued to whistle, submitted to Mr. Jarvie's investigation with an air of absolute confidence and assurance, which, for a moment, placed at fault the memory and sagacity of the acute and anxious investigator". Produced in sepia monochrome, the larger eight inch size allows for splendid additional decoration not found on the six inch versions, this includes large heraldic shields in two corners, borders of thistles, clover and leaf sprays, as well as emblems in the other two corners. CONDITION: chips to the left hand reverse edge, small chip to the bottom reverse edge, both not visible from the front; one very small nick to the extreme edge of the right side; very light glaze crazing and surface wear; very good image definition - if you have any questions about this item, contact me. Seller operates a 100% money back returns policy if not completely satisfied. Circa 1880, pattern number 1607, signed "Moyr Smith" lower left, book chapter number lower right, the reverse marked "Minton's China works Stoke on Trent". 8in/20.32cm.  

FINE c.1905 OFFSTEIN GERMAN ART NOUVEAU FLORAL TILE An attractive, relief moulded, German Art Nouveau tile with a dark and light olive ground. The tile features a bold floral design of three yellow and burnt orange flower-heads on straight and whiplash stems, with additional swirling leaf forms, and two large curved fan designs in light blue-grey tones. CONDITION: edge chip bottom right, small edge chip bottom left; edge nibbles; small glaze flaw; fine glaze crazing; no cracks or hairlines; design definition very good - if you have any questions about this item, contact me. Seller operates a 100% purchase price money back returns policy if not completely satisfied. Circa 1905, the reverse marked with "TW" for Tonwerk Offstein. Just under 6in/15.2cm square.  

c.1890 MINTON HOLLINS CHINESE SCENE BLUE & WHITE TILE An excellent Chinese series tile, featuring an oarsman in a large rowing boat, complete with on board tent and dragon (pirate?) flag. To the right of the boat is a swan, and behind it is an island with two trees plus additional mountains in the background. The edges of the tile are decorated with stylised Chinoiserie designs. Condition: small chip to the reverse bottom edge, not visible from the front; one or two very tiny edge nicks; minor surface wear; virtually no crazing; no cracks or hairlines, image definition good - if you have any questions about this item, contact me. Seller operates a 100% item purchase price money back returns policy if not completely satisfied. Circa 1890, produced by Minton Hollins & Co., registration lozenge for December 1882. 6in/15.2cm square.  

STRIKING c.1905 ART NOUVEAU ENGLISH TILE A handsome light olive ground Art nouveau tile, relief moulded in a tube line style and featuring a stylised floral and heart design in burnt yellow, and whiplash leaves in graduated green tones. CONDITION: chip to the back, not visible from the front; two small edge glaze nicks top middle; tiny amount of glaze loss bottom right corner; typical glaze crazing; no cracks or hairlines; design definition good - if you have any questions about this item, contact me. Seller operates a 100% purchase price money back returns policy if not completely satisfied. Circa 1905, unmarked, the four circle back has the numbers "1502" in relief. 6in/15.2cm square.  

c.1880 8 INCH WEDGWOOD GUN DOG & GAME TILE, PATTERN T291 A fine transfer printed tile in blue on an ivory ground, the etched design of a gun dog with a mixed bag of game and a shot gun. One of a set of six, pattern number T291. CONDITION: one or two minute edge nicks; typical glaze crazing; no cracks or hairlines; image definition good - if you have any questions about this item, contact me. Seller operates a 100% purchase price money back returns policy if not completely satisfied. Circa 1880, the back relief marked "Josiah Wedgwood and Sons, Etruria". 8in/20.3cm square.  

c.1890 HAND PAINTED MINTON MARITIME SCENE 4 TILE PANEL A finely painted four tile panel executed on Minton blanks. Worked overglaze in cold painted polychrome enamel, the scene depicts a fishing boat under full sail on a choppy sea, the waves surging from right to left. A further fishing boat can be seen on the left in front of a large masted schooner. Other shipping is visible on the horizon below an underglaze blue and purple sky with white clouds. CONDITION: some surface wear and unobtrusive scuffing; light glaze crazing; no cracks or hairlines, framed ready for hanging - if you have any questions about this item, contact me. Seller operates a 100% purchase price money back returns policy if not completely satisfied. Circa 1890, artist unknown. Picture area a little under 11¾in/29.8cm square, frame width ¾in/1.9cm.  

c.1890 POLYCHROME RIVER & FISHERMEN VIEW TILE An attractive polychrome print view of a river and mountain landscape, with castle ruins, two figures in a boat, and two fishermen on the bank (lower left). CONDITION: very small edge chip on the reverse bottom left, not visible from the front; one or two tiny edge nicks and nibbles, three or four small print scratches; typical glaze crazing; no cracks or hairlines; image definition good - if you have any questions about this item, contact me. Seller operates a 100% item purchase price money back returns policy if not completely satisfied. Circa 1890, view not named (possibly the Rhine), target back with relief letter "E" in a circle, manufacturer not identified. 6in/15.2cm square.  

DECORATIVE c.1900 A. M. LTD. ART NOUVEAU TILE A very decorative tile, featuring a tube line similar impressed swirling Art Nouveau floral and vegetal design in two shades of deep green on an olive ground. The tile is further enhanced with a pointed dome and petal band. CONDITION: typical glaze crazing; minor surface wear; no cracks or hairlines - if you have any questions about this item, contact me. Seller operates a 100% purchase price money back returns policy if not completely satisfied. The register number 411155 indicates a date of 1903; made by A.M.Ltd., the company has not been identified, although the name Alfred Meakin has been suggested. 6in/15.2cm square.  

c.1910 HENRY RICHARDS DUTCH FIGURES & SHIPS TILE An unusual and very pretty polychrome tile, featuring an man and child in Dutch costume watching sailboats. The freehand painted adult figure smokes a large pipe, a small dog on a lead sits beside the child. The tile is further enhanced by a broken fence, small mound and large pipe smoke clouds. CONDITION: small nick to the bottom edge; typical glaze crazing; some enamel spread; no cracks or hairlines - if you have any questions about this item, contact me. Seller operates a 100% money back returns policy if not completely satisfied. Produced by Henry Richards, early 1900s, marked "England" to the reverse with further numbers and decorator's marks. 6in/15.2cm square.