ButterflyThe Netherlands
Circa 1620 - 1640A rare tile with painting of a large butterfly above a plant, probably a butterfly bush.
With French lilies as corner decoration.Images like these are very hard to find.€ 750,00
Flowers with insectThe Netherlands
Circa 1620 - 1640A rare tile with painting of large flowers and a large insect.
The fly or bee is wonderfully painted in a primitive way.
With French lilies as corner decoration.Images like these are very hard to…€ 750,00
Dutch SoldierThe Netherlands
Rotterdam
Circa 1610 - 1630A very rare and fair tile with painting of a Dutch soldier, from a so-called seriers of Spanish soldiers, from the period of the 80 years war between Spain and the Dutch states.
Painted…€ 800,00
ElephantThe 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.€ 600,00SOLD
The Massacre of the InnocentsUtrecht
1800 - 1825
Tile factory Agter 't Weystraat
Painter: Abraham van GriethuizenThis tile may not have the most cheerful image, but it's one of the rarest tile series in existence. The picture of the ''Massacre of the…€ 1.200,00
The good shepherdThe Netherlands
Rotterdam
Circa 1720 - 1740An unusually fine painted 'openair' tile with deep shades of blue and a shining glaze, decorated with the story of the lost sheep. Luc 15: 1 t/m 10.€ 1.200,00
Castle in the woodsNederland
Circa 1630 - 1640An extremely rare and unusual tile with a decoration of a castle, in the middle of the woods.
This ''Cabin in the woods'' decoration I've never seen before on a tile.Painted within a candelabra border.€ 750,00
PortraitThe Netherlands
Rotterdam
Circa 1630A very rare and beautiful portrait tile, possibly depicting Hercules with the lions' skin over his head. The tile was part of a Rotterdam pillar for at both sides of the fireplace. Parts of…€ 500,00
CarnationThe Netherlands
Circa 1600A rare quadrant tile with decoration of carnations.
Images of flowers are extremely rare to find on quadrant tiles, and rarely come on the market.The glaze is quite dull, due wear of the centuries.
The…€ 500,00
Ship with coloured flags!The Netherlands
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.€ 950,00SOLD
Tile with Grotesk figureThe Netherlands
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…€ 1.250,00On reserve
Tile with initials of monogram: LDSMThe Netherlands
Possibly Leiden
1600 - 1620An extremely rare tile with the decoration of the initials of monogram: LDSM.
Possibly the initials from a person, or a motto or saying. Three of these tiles, including this one, have…SOLD
CastleThe Netherlands
Ca. 1620 - 1640A very rare tile with decoration of a castle, not a simple fortified house, but an serious fortress! Besides is this tile a smaller one then normal and the painting barley fits between the wonderfull…SOLD
Quadrant tile with squirrel monkeyThe Netherlands
1580 - 1610A rare quadrant or kwadraat tile with decoration of a squirrel monkey, with his paw on a ball.
Beautiful bright colors!Ex. collection J.W.N. van Achterbergh.SOLD
A still-lifeThe Netherlands
Amsterdam
C. 1660A rare, special, and early Amsterdam tile with decoration of a still-life of a richly set table. Dishes with pastries, drinking glasses, a jug, a bottle, and much more 17th-century tableware.
No…
Chinese porcelain tileChina
Qing dynasty
Qianlong Emperor
Ca. 1760A rare Chinese porcelain export tile for the Dutch or English market.
With the decoration of three wise men playing the game of Go.€ 2.000,00SOLD
Ornamental a foglie tileThe Netherlands
1600 - 1620A very rare ornamental, so-called, spiegel tegel which means mirror tile.
With the decoration of different kinds of leaves between the lines.
This decoration comes from the Italian a foglie…SOLD
Ice BearThe Netherlands
1600 - 1620A rare so-called kwadraat (quadrant) tile with the decoration of an Ice Bear.
Images of Ice Bears on tiles are rare and mostly painted in shades of blue and white or greyish and white.
Painted in nice…SOLD
UnicornThe Netherlands
1630 - 1650A fine blue and white tile with jumping unicorn
In a so-called accolade borderSOLD
A very rare flower vaseThe Netherlands
1620 - 1640A very rare polychrome diamond tile with flower vase as decoration and sharp shaped French lilies as corner decoration
This type of tile one always sees with a tulip or fritillary and with round French…
