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…

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…

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…

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.

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.

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…

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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…

The Netherlands
1625 - 1650A beautiful and bright tile with the decoration of a deer.
With an unusual corner decoration.

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.

The Netherlands
1625 - 1650A rare gate tile with the decoration of a jumping lion.
Wonderful clear drawing.

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.

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.

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.

The Netherlands
Hoorn
Circa 1625 - 1650A beautiful Wanli style with a painting of a blue hare on a green hill.

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…

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…

The Netherlands
1650 - 1675Tile with a nice large painting of a Crab.

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…