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Amsterdam
Chistiaansz van den Abeele
1620 - 1640A very beautiful and finely painted tile with the decoration of a philosopher.
This tiles shows us the identity of Amsterdam from the 17th century, the city of free…

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1625 - 1650A rare en special tile with a man with an erection, tail of a faun, and ''foekepot'' (a folk instrument)
Looks like a good 17th century party!Painted within a Wanli style border.

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1625 - 1650A finely painted tile with a lady, seen from behind. With wonderful head and hairstyling.
Multiple hairpins, the millstone collar, and the necklace are beautifully visible. With oxheads as corner…

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Amsterdam
1620 - 1640A finely painted tile with a noble lady. The 17th century clothing is wonderfully visible.
Nice is the detail of the sleeve in front of her.With French lilies as corner decoration.

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1660 - 1680A rare tile with a kissing couple!

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1660 -1680A rare tile with a couple making love! A highly unusual decoration!

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Amsterdam
Second half of the 18th centuryA fine painted ''landscape'' tile with harbour scene of a three-master, yacht and two sloops.

With carnations as corner decoration.

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Harlingen
1670 - 1690As can be seen, this tile is part of an early very rare tile pilaster from the second half of the 17th century. Until recently, only one incomplete example of this pilaster was known. This…

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1660 - 1690A rare tile with a whale, with two blowholes. A nice 17th century time frame, from the period people did not know jet what a whale actually looked like.

This tile is framed. Normally I would remove the…

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

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Amsterdam
1640 - 1680A rare tile with a ship with coloured flags, Both in the top and on the stern the Dutch Flag.

This tile has been found in the Warmoestraat in Amsterdam, in the famous building: De Keyserinne.

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1625 - 1650A finely painted tile with tulip with a butterfly on its leaf.
Painted in many different colours.With oxheads as corner decoration.

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Rotterdam
1756Two rare tiles with the decoration of a cat and a dog, on a marble floor, between the curtains.
Normally we see the kind of decorations on tile panels, not on single tiles.Also very rare about this…

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Haarlem
1625 - 1650A panel of six colorful ornament tiles. A nice full painting.
Decorated with leaf motived and curls, diverted from the Italian Compendiaro faience from Deruta.

The tiles are mounted on a wooden…

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Haarlem
1625 - 1650A nice panel of four so-called Haarlemmer (city) ornament tiles, in Italian style, with less is more decoration.

The tiles are mounted on a wooden board.

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1600 - 1620A good and early quadrant tile with the decoration of a very happy dog, with his tongue out of his mouth.

With palmet corners painted in reverse technic.

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1620 - 1640An extremely rare tile with a painting of a Grotesk female face, from which two branches emerge, floating above the surface.

No other example of this tile is known to me.

With a flower as corner…

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1630 - 1660A fine painted polychrome tile with tulip.

With round French lilies as corner decoration.

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1625 - 1650A special tile with the decoration of both a tulip and a ''normal'' flower.
Together they are a fair combination.With round French lilies as corner decoration.

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1625 - 1650A polychrome tile with the decoration of a bell flower with three Chalices.

With round French lilies as corner decoration.

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1630 - 1660A tile with the decoration of a sailing yacht

The combination of a ship and the candelabra border is quite rare! Mostly we see animals.

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Hoorn or Amsterdam
1630 - 1660A quite special tile with decoration of a lady from Medieval times.
She's walking very elegant in beautiful veiled clothes.With oakleafs as corner decoration.

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1630 - 1660A rare tile with the decoration of a flower vase painted within a quadrant or diamond and a circle.

With a meander border, inspired on the Wanli porcelain.

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1640 - 1680A fine painted tile with horseman, in a relaxed, prancing, position.

With so-called spiders as corner decoration.

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1640 - 1680A fine painted tile with horseman, in a attacking, prancing, position.

With so-called spiders as corner decoration.

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1625 - 1650A fine painted tile with flower and one still in bud.

With oxheads as corner decoration.

Rotterdam
Ca. 1630 - 1640A beautiful rare set of nine Rotterdam Crowntiles.
With wonderful decorations of rare subjects: a rider on horseback, elephant, lizard, bear, unicorn, deer and three hunters!Only some plaster filled…

France
Auvergne, Billom
15th centuryA terracotta relief ceiling tile with the decoration of a bust with a bird helmet. These grotesk figures are related to old mythical French stories.

With an wonderful old patina.

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1620 - 1640A fine polychrome baluster tile with blue and yellow tulip
With balusters at the sides and French lilies in the corners

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Haarlem, possibly
1600 - 1630A beautiful and bright tile painted in powerful colors.
This tile is the so-called Haarlem star type.
In the center, we see a star, surrounded by four palmet and four leaf motives.…

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1610 - 1630A blue and white ornament tile with flower and leaf motives.
Painted in nice deep shades of blue.

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Haarlem, possibly
1600 - 1620A rare and divergent type of Haarlem ornament tile. With a stylized flower motive, from which four oak leaves are growing.
In beautiful deep and bright colors.Published in: The Dutch…