- Giraffe
Low Countries
Probably Antwerp
Circa 1580A very early and thick polychrome majolica tile with the exotic decoration of a Giraffe.
This tile is one, among others, of the first examples of polychrome figurative tiles. The way of…€ 750,00 - Dromedary
The Netherlands
Circa 1600 - 1620A rare, large, thick, and early Dutch tile with the scarce decoration of a Dromedary.
This so-called kwadraat, quadrant, or diamond tile is characteristic of the early Dutch tile production, which…€ 475,00 - Rotterdam Crown tiles
Rotterdam
Ca. 1630 - 1640A beautiful rare set of nine so-called Rotterdam Crown tiles. (For the Crown cloud in the top center.
Wonderful decorations of a rider, elephant, lizard, bear, squirrel, deer, and three hunters!We see a…€ 4.500,00 - Fox with prey
The Netherlands
Circa 1610 - 1630A rare quadrant tile with a rare decoration of a fox with prey.
Wonderful vibrant colors.
The fox has been painted in a quadrant border with Renaissance palmet ornaments as corner decoration.€ 1.200,00 - Growling dog
The Netherlands
Circa 1600 - 1620A rare circle tile with the decoration of a jumping growling dog.
Nice fibrant colors.
Circle tiles are becomming rarer and rarer to find.
With leafs as corner ornament.€ 975,00 - Dog
The Netherlands
Circa 1610 - 1630A rare, beautiful, high gloss, quadrant tile in amazing bright colors, with the decoration of a dog.
The dog has been painted in a quadrant border with Renaissance palmet ornaments as corner…€ 900,00 - Bear
The Netherlands
Circa 1620 - 1640A blue and white so-called candelabra or baluster tile with the decoration of a bear.
Nicely painted in differtend shades of blue.With French lilies as corner decoration.€ 325,00 - Stag
The Netherlands
Circa 1625 - 1650A fine and beautiful tile with the decoration of a stag of deer.
Fantiastic highgloss glaze.
Painted within a circle in Wanli style.€ 375,00 - Cat
The Netherlands
Circa 1630 - 1660A rare blue and white tile with the decoration of a nice large cat with big whiskers!
Cats are quite rarely depicted on tiles, why is unknown.
With small oxheads as corner decoration.€ 500,00 SOLD
ElephantThe Netherlands
Circa 1630 - 1660A rare blue and white tile with the decoration of an elephant.
With small oxheads as corner decoration.- Fat cat
The Netherlands
Circa 1630 - 1660A rare blue and white tile with the decoration of a nice fat cat!
Cats are quite rarely depicted on tiles, why is unknown.
With small oxheads as corner decoration.€ 450,00 € 3200,-
Cat & DogThe Netherlands
Rotterdam
Workshop: 't wapen van Dantzig
Circa 1760Two tile panels, painted in manganese, with a fancy poodle and a tough cat.
Fine pained sitting on a marble floor between curtains.
The panels can be delivered as…- Hare
Southern Netherlands
Antwerp?
Circa 1600A nice thick and early Dutch tile with a hare.
Painted in quadrant or diamond with palmet corners in reversed painting.
The tile was used as a plinth tile.€ 375,00 - Donkey
The Netherlands
Circa 1600 - 1610A very very thick and early Dutch tile with a funkey donkey like creature!
Painted in quadrant or diamond with palmet corners in reversed painting.
The tile is unusually thick and measures 2cm!€ 750,00 - Prancing Horse
The Netherlands
Probably Rotterdam
Circa 1625 - 1650A fine blue and white tile with the decoration of a prancing horse showing off his manhood ;)
Painted within a circle with wanli style corners.
Special about this tile is the…€ 325,00 - Deer
The Netherlands
1625 - 1650A beautiful and bright tile with the decoration of a deer.
With an unusual corner decoration.€ 375,00 - Hare
The Netherlands
Circa 1600A nice and thick quadrant tile with the decoration of a hare.
Fair and robust painting.With the Renaissance palmet ornament as corner decoration.€ 600,00 - Lion
The Netherlands
1625 - 1650A rare gate tile with the decoration of a jumping lion.
Wonderful clear drawing.€ 450,00 - Elephant
The Netherlands
Rotterdam
Circa 1620 - 1640A full painted tile with decoration of an elephant between two plant. A realistic elephant walking towards us.
All of this, painted within a Wanli border.€ 600,00 - Butterfly
The Netherlands
Circa 1630 - 1660A polychrome tile with unusual decoration of a butterfly above a plant.
Painted in a circle with Wanli style corner decoration.€ 325,00 - Butterfly
The Netherlands
Circa 1630 - 1660A polychrome tile with unusual decoration of a butterfly above a plant.
Painted in a circle with oxheads as corner decoration.€ 375,00 - Hare
The Netherlands
Hoorn
Circa 1625 - 1650A beautiful Wanli style with a painting of a blue hare on a green hill.€ 275,00 - Shoebill stork
The Netherlands
Circa 1620 - 1640A nice and thick tile with an unusual decoration of probably a Shoebill Stork, or another flightless bird, otherwise it must be a Dinosaur!
The painting on the tile is a little flowed, because of…€ 175,00 - Floor tile with bear
Probably English;
Londen, Altgate, c. 1571-1615/20,
or Southwark, Pickleherring, c. 1618-1630. When I bought this tile it was heavily restored and overpainted. I started to remove the overpaint and discovered that the tile was…€ 450,00 - Arion on the dolphin
The Netherlands
1630 - 1650A blue and white tile with the decoration of Arion on the Dolphin, a ancient Greek legend of a young Corinthian musician who, having won a gold prize for his singing, is thrown overboard by greedy…€ 275,00