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Historical Decorative Tiles

Various earthenware tiles with colorful floral and geometric designs, showcasing historical ceramic art from the Netherlands, rich in detail and color.

Earthenware tile in four-step with polychrome representation, wall tile tile sculpture earth discovery ceramic earthenware glaze tin glaze, in form made glazed baked Earthenware tile from quatrefoil with polychrome representation Presentation consists of large palm corner in blue Two half apples or oranges in orange orange flowers and buds. Green leaves Tile is made of layered earthenware of which large part has already been peeled off. Archeology Rotterdam City triangle Hofplein Soil discovery: construction site Shellgebouw Hofplein 20 Rotterdam.
Earthenware tile in four-step with polychrome representation, wall tile tile sculpture earth discovery ceramic earthenware glaze tin glaze, in form made glazed baked Earthenware tile from quatrefoil with polychrome representation Presentation consists of large palm corner in blue Two half apples or oranges in orange orange flowers and buds. Green leaves Tile is made of layered earthenware of which large part has already been peeled off. Archeology Rotterdam City triangle Hofplein Soil discovery: construction site Shellgebouw Hofplein 20 Rotterdam.
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Anonymous / "Cloth of four tiles", End of the 15th century.Marsh Bowl Fragment, 1479-1429 BC. Egypt, New Kingdom, mid- Dynasty 18 (1540-1295 BC), reign of Hatshepsut or Tuthmosis III. Blue faience with purple decoration; overall: 9 x 1.6 cm (3 9/16 x 5/8 in.).Ornament tile, checkerplate motif, small windows, floor tile tile sculpture ceramic earthenware glaze, Blue on white with dark blue brushed diamond pattern.Box with Ink Cakes, 1795-1820. China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Jiaqing reign (1795-1820). Lacquer and silk box; case: 26.4 x 19.1 cm (10 3/8 x 7 1/2 in.); lid: 26.5 x 19.2 cm (10 7/16 x 7 9/16 in.).Fragment majolica dish, yellow, green and blue on white, winged cherub cup, plate dish crockery holder soil find ceramic earthenware glaze, pt 3.0 baked underside covered with lead glaze. Polychrome archeology Rotterdam decorating serving food archaeological find in the soil Rotterdam 1940.Fragment majolica plate, blue on white, decoration eight-leaf floral pattern, plate crockery holder soil find ceramic earthenware glaze, baked underside covered with clear lead glaze. Monochrome archeology serve to serve foodTableware tile, double child's play, marbles, corner motif ox's head, wall tile tile sculpture ceramic earthenware glaze tin glaze, in shape made baked glazed painted baked Blue on white marblesAnimal tile, flying insect above plant, blue decor on white ground, corner fill spider, wall tile tile sculpture ceramic earthenware glaze tin glaze, in form made baked glazed painted baked Wall tile with blue decor on white background. Animal tile with flying insect above plant with two long blades. The decor is slightly discolored Orange-yellow shard Scraped earthenware. Corner filling spins Slightly slanted sides of indigenous potteryEight-Pointed Star-Shaped Tile. Dimensions: Diam. 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm)Wt. (panel group) 31lbs. (14.1 kg). Date: 13th century.Combining star- and cross-shaped luster tiles, this panel exemplifies the type of puzzle-like wall revetments popular in the Ilkhanid period. Some of the tiles shown here display inscriptions from the Qur'an or verses of Persian poetry. Their content reveals that the tiles came from differing architectural contexts - some religious, others secular - and only later were combined to create this display. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Field of sixteen tiles with flowers. Field of sixteen tiles (4 x 4) each with a multicolored (blue, green, yellow and orange) painted threefold flower within a square cushion. In the corners, a lily.Loose tile of pilaster with blue decor, part of pedestal and robe, chimney pilaster tile pilaster footage fragment ceramics pottery glaze tin glaze, in shape made baked glazed painted baked Loose tile from pilaster with blue decor on white fond Pictured is part of pedestal and the folds of cloth or robe Marked at the back in blue: L (not sure) living interiorBird Plaque Ornament 3rd century B.C.-A.D. 2nd century Vicús. Bird Plaque Ornament 315468Ornament tile or pompadrain tile, corner pattern palmet, wall tile tile sculpture ceramic earthenware glaze, baked 2x glazed painted Square ruddy to yellow shard three to four nail holes.Shards of signs from V.O.C. ship De 'Witte Leeuw', Anonymous, Before 1613 plate (dishes) Shards of signs from V.O.C. ship De 'Witte Leeuw'. Jingdezhen bone china (material) Sint-HelenaTile Wall Facing (Netherlands); tin-glazed earthenware, underglaze. Tile, adorned multicolored in Cuenca technique with an ornament from a braided stars.Glass Fragment 15th century European. Glass Fragment. European. 15th century. Colorless glass. Glass-StainedDiergegel, Anonymous, 1580 - 1625 Tile with a multicolored (blue, green, yellow and orange) painted bear framed by a circle. In the corners, leaf work in filling technology. Netherlands earthenware. tin glaze majolica Tile with a multicolored (blue, green, yellow and orange) painted bear framed by a circle. In the corners, leaf work in filling technology. Netherlands earthenware. tin glaze majolicaCast Fragment; Workshop in the Eastern Mediterranean, Eastern Mediterranean; 2nd century B.C. - 1st century A.D; Glass; 2.5 cm (1 in.)Shards of signs from V.O.C. ship De 'Witte Leeuw', Anonymous, Before 1613 plate (dishes) Shards of signs from V.O.C. ship De 'Witte Leeuw'. Jingdezhen bone china (material) Sint-HelenaField of nine tiles with cracked pomegranates, anonymous, c. 1600 - c. 1625 Field of nine tiles (3 x 3) each with a multicolored (blue, green, orange and yellow) painted open crowded pomegranate. Along the edges, half a rosette and in the corners, a lily. Netherlands earthenware. tin glaze majolica Field of nine tiles (3 x 3) each with a multicolored (blue, green, orange and yellow) painted open crowded pomegranate. Along the edges, half a rosette and in the corners, a lily. Netherlands earthenware. tin glaze majolicaWall Facing (Netherlands); tin-glazed earthenware, underglazeUnknown, console. Small fire earthenware, polychrome enamels. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.Tile, Earthenware, glazed and high frie decorated, Still life of lemon and grapes on a plate, a knife, and oil and vinegar flasks., Alcora, Spain, late 18th-early 19th century, tiles, Decorative Arts, TileDish with kneeling Christ, dish crockery holder soil find ceramic earthenware glaze tin glaze lead glaze, hand turned baked 2x majolica Fragment of majolica dish thick cream-colored shard blue on white prun printing rear (local light blue) lead glaze stand ring archeology Rotterdam Old Plantage serve Bible religion Christ Jesus Soil discovery: Oude Plantage May 1957Italian earthenware in color. Silvia Bella Italian earthenware in color. Silvia Bella. Color projection plate. 1900-1930. Photograph of Jacques-Ernest Bulloz (1858-1942).Fragment 14th century. Fragment 445501Tile, J. & J. G. Low Art Tile Works, 1877 - 1883, Glazed stoneware, Square, molded tile of white clay; back his hollow and shows reverse contours of face; face decorated with foliate scrolls surrounding central rosette, plain narrow band frames the tile; deep brown crackle glaze., Chelsea, Massachusetts, USA, late 19th century, tiles, Decorative Arts, TileWhite tile with blue fruit basket, bowl on foot, wall tile tile sculpture ceramic earthenware glaze, baked 2x glazed paintedTile- Border Tile, c 1888. Holland/ Netherlands, Late 19th century. Glazed ceramic; overall: 6.7 x 13 x 0.6 cm (2 5/8 x 5 1/8 x 1/4 in.).Tile Wall Facing (Netherlands); tin-glazed earthenware, underglazeFragment, Medium: cotton Technique: block printed by resist (applied in two separate sessions) on plain weave then immersion dyed in indigo, England, 18th century, printed, dyed & painted textiles, Fragment, Fragment, Medium: cotton Technique: block printed by resist (applied in two separate sessions) on plain weave then immersion dyed in indigo, England, 18th century, printed, dyed & painted textiles, FragmentWhite tile with horizontal surface, partly blue colored, in which letter T, tile picture footage fragment ceramics pottery glaze, TWall Facing (Netherlands); tin-glazed earthenware, underglaze; 5 tiles tall, various wideFragments of Splashed Ceramic 9th century. Fragments of Splashed Ceramic 853308Square Plaque 3rd century B.C.-A.D. 2nd century Vicús. Square Plaque 315597Tile field of sixteen pieces, four high, four wide; flower vase, corner pattern ox head, tiled field wall tile tile sculpture ceramic earthenware glaze wood, Tile field in blue and brown.Glass Fragment 16th century South Netherlandish. Glass Fragment. South Netherlandish. 16th century. Colorless glass, lead stain. Glass-StainedFragment of a Bowl 9th-11th century. Fragment of a Bowl 447258Fragment majolica dish, yellow, orange and blue on white, decor with stylized leaf motifs, dish plate crockery holder earth discovery ceramics pottery glaze, archeology serving adornShards Kraakporcelain from V.O.C. ship De 'Witte Leeuw', Anonymous, Before 1613 Shards Kraakporcelain from V.O.C. ship De 'Witte Leeuw'. Jingdezhen bone china (material) Sint-HelenaSyrena Swanson, Purse, c 1937 PurseFloral Plaque Fragment. Unknown 1st century B.C.Soul of polychrome majolica dish with Chinese, dish plate crockery holder earth discovery ceramics earthenware glaze tin glaze lead glaze, majolica baked 2x glazed painted Blue green on white fond Chinese with scale archeology decorate home interior serve serve food ChinaShards of signs from V.O.C. ship De 'Witte Leeuw', Anonymous, Before 1613 plate (dishes) Shards of signs from V.O.C. ship De 'Witte Leeuw'. Jingdezhen bone china (material) Sint-HelenaFragment 16th-17th century. Fragment 445422Tile, flower on ground in orange, green and blue on white, corner pattern french lily, corner point orange, on shelf in wax, wall tile tile sculpture ceramic earthenware glaze, baked 2x glazed paintedOttoman ancient Handmade Turkish Tiles with floral patternsMorocco, Marrakech, Majorelle gardenFragment of a Mosaic Glass Vessel. Unknown 1st century B.C.-1st century A.D. Purple with canes of red, light blue and yellow in a rosette pattern.Crowning tileFragment of a Bowl 12th-13th century. Fragment of a Bowl 447195Miniature Tunic. Culture: Ica. Dimensions: H. 13 3/8 x W. 14 1/2 in. (35.6 x 33.7cm). Date: 12th-13th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Inlay, palmette. Dimensions: H. 1.9 × W. 1.8 cm (11/16 × 11/16 in.). Date: 100 BC-100 AD.A mosaic glass technique allowed multiples of an image to be created: a figural or design composition was made by bundling colored glass canes, which were then drawn out into a long bar. The bar was then sectioned at right angles, probably by striking the bar with appropriate tools, to produce small inlay tiles. The tile would then be smoothed and polished on the face intended to appear outwards. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Fragment 13th-16th century. Fragment 452466Bowl, painted in underglaze black and blue. Iran, 14th centuryField of sixteen tiles with birds, anonymous, c. 1640 - c. 1660 Field of sixteen tiles (4 x 4) each with a multicolored (blue, orange and purple) painted bird on a branch and in the corners, an oxhead. Netherlands earthenware. tin glaze majolica Field of sixteen tiles (4 x 4) each with a multicolored (blue, orange and purple) painted bird on a branch and in the corners, an oxhead. Netherlands earthenware. tin glaze majolicaFragment majolica dish, polychrome, fruit tree on piece of ground, plate dish crockery holder soil find ceramic pottery glaze, baked underside covered with lead glaze light green tinted Polychrome Decorated foliage archeology decorate servingAncient Greek Architectural Ornament Ornate carved ancient greek architectural ornament isolated photo Copyright: xZoonar.com/DanielxFerreira-LeitesxCiccarinox 17862331Border, Block-printed on handmade paper, Wide upper band with stylized floral or foliate motif containing green motif with mauve beading under scrolling leaves. This alternates with smaller motif with floral element. Narrow scalloped band along lower edge. Printed in green, yellow, white and mauve on black ground., H# 357B, France, 1800-1825, Wallcoverings, BorderAmerican 20th Century, Plate 18 Reading Stand From Portfolio Spanish Colonial Designs of New Mexico, 1935 1942 Plate 18: Reading Stand: From Portfolio Spanish Colonial Designs of New MexicoTile (USA); Manufactured by Grueby Faience Company, Revere, Massachusetts (United States), Grueby Pottery (United States); glazed earthenware; 15.2 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm (6 x 6 x 7/8 in. )Square Dish (Die) with Scholar and Maiden in a Garden. China, Chinese, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, 1662-1722. Furnishings; Serviceware. Black lacquer on wood core with shell and gold leaf inlay, and silver rimWriting Box (Suzuribako) with Design of Pine, Camellia, and Bamboo (lid), 1400s. Japan, Muromachi period (1392-1573). Lacquer on wood with decoration in maki-e; overall: 24.2 x 22.6 cm (9 1/2 x 8 7/8 in.). Writing boxes were indispensible personal possessions for the literate of medieval Japan. Beyond containing the tools for artistic expression and communication such as an ink stone, writing brushes, and a water dropper, writing boxes often featured scenes from classical literature or symbolic motifs rendered in a wide array of complex lacquer techniques.Amulet - plakietka z bogiem Chnumem. unknown, authorTile Wall Facing (Netherlands); tin-glazed earthenware, underglazeTrapezoidal Plaque 1000 BCE-700 BCE China. Jade .Scene tile, house and barn on hill, corner motif in blue quarter rosette, wall tile tile sculpture ceramic earthenware glaze, baked 2x glazed painted sprinkled yellow shard square two nail holes. Central decor blue on white fond in circle with eight-sided frame purple sprinkled.Frank McEntee, Hat Box, 1935 1942 Hat BoxWall tileTile decorated in purple and green with two flower skins, anonymous, c. 1900 Tile of stoneware, decorated in purple and green with two diagonally placed stylized flower skins. Netherlands (possibly) stoneware Tile of stoneware, decorated in purple and green with two diagonally placed stylized flower skins. Netherlands (possibly) stonewaremosaic ornament, Barcelona detailed colorful mosaic ornament fragment from Park Guell, Barcelona Copyright: xZoonar.com/YuryxZapx 9559046Glass mosaic inlay 1st century B.C.-1st century A.D. Egyptian, Roman Translucent cobalt blue ground; decoration in opaque white, yellow, and red.Rectangular, thin, flat plaque, with slightly beveled edges.Five-pointed star motif, with yellow center encircled with red, and rays in white.Broken and repaired, with most of right edge missing; upper side ground and polished; pitted surface bubbles, dulling and faint weathering on edges and back.This inlay is part of a border strip, made up of two sections cut from the same cane of mosaic glass.. Glass mosaic inlay 249621Wall Facing (Holland); tin-glazed earthenware, underglazeCast Fragment; Workshop in the Eastern Mediterranean, Eastern Mediterranean; 2nd century B.C. - 1st century A.D; Glass; 2.5 cm (1 in.)Plavuis or tile, red pottery, with branch and text in sgraffito, floor tile wall tile tile sculpture ceramic earthenware clay engobe glaze lead glaze, in shape made sgraffito baked petite tile or tile. Red pottery Square. Dark yellow glazed Decorated with branch in graffito with two leaves on the right deeply cut out. Text on the right. Top covered with white engobe and lead glaze incised: N or W indigenous potteryTray 17th century China. Tray 60949Fragment majolica dish, landscape with house or tower in blue, dish plate board plate soil found ceramic earthenware glaze tin glaze lead glaze, ring 10.8 majolica baked 2x painted glazed hand turned Mirror fragment of majolica dish Shallow and slanted stand ring Monochrome decor blue. Scenery with buildings including tower-shaped three-storey house Trees in padding technique Coarse-painted Yellow shard Wood-baked archeology Rotterdam Stadscentrum Stadsdriehoek Schielandshuis indigenous pottery food serving table room serving Soil discovery: Schielandshuis during restoration.Tile, painted multi-colored with a soldier or a standard bearer. Tile, painted multi-colored with a soldier or a standard bearer.Field of forty-eight tiles with landscapes with structures. Field of 48 tiles (8 x 6) each with a blue painted landscape with structures inside a circle with an oxen head in the corners.DishIndian ornamentTile. Amsterdam (ośrodek ceramiczny ; ca 1580- ), factoryCarnavalet museum, medal collectionChair seat 1780-90 French. Chair seat 227464Tile, painted multi-colored with a soldier or a standard bearer. Tile, painted multi-colored with a soldier or a standard bearer.Close-up of green and blue mosaic tilesFragment, Medium: silk, metallic thread Technique: uncut voided supplementary warp pile in a compound satin foundation (velvet), Small-patterned or 'miniature' velvet fragment with a peach satin ground shot with flat gold strips. Allover design of green rosettes outlined with black against purple ground, in turn, partially outlined with black, all in uncut pile., France, 1750-1800, woven textiles, FragmentTile 13th century Spanish (). Tile 466831Scene tile, well, blue decor on white ground, corner fill spider, wall tile tile sculpture ceramics pottery glaze tin glaze, in form made baked glazed painted baked Wall tile with blue decor on white background Central representation of well in polder landscape. Well with tree and counterweight and bucket. Four sailing ships next to the well. brown-yellow shard Scraped earthenware Corner-filling spider Slightly slanted sides of indigenous earthenwareALFARDON DE MANISES CON LA FRASE "FER BER" HACER EL BIEN - SIGLO XV. Location: INSTITUTO VALENCIA DE DON JUAN-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.Still-Life of gold egg in small birds nest with moss and bark in Easter tableauFragment of a Bowl 14th-15th century. Fragment of a Bowl 445475Field of sixty -six tiles with landscapes, anonymous, c. 1740 - c. 1800 Field of sixty -six tiles with blue -painted landscapes in a circle. In the corners, a carnation. The field originally consisted of eighty (10 x 8) tiles. Netherlands earthenware. tin glaze majolica Field of sixty -six tiles with blue -painted landscapes in a circle. In the corners, a carnation. The field originally consisted of eighty (10 x 8) tiles. Netherlands earthenware. tin glaze majolica