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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…

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1625 - 1650A candelabra tile with a hunter with a horn and spear.
Painted in candelabra border with French lilies in the corners.Some books describe this image as a ''baker calling around because the bread is…

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Rotterdam
1625 - 1650A rare Rotterdam open-air tile with a hunter with a spear.
A wonderful large painting in deep blue colors.

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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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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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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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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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Hoorn
1625 - 1650A nice set of four tiles with three professions and one romantic scene.

- A barrelmaker
- A romantic fishing couple
- A water carrier
- A net maker

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1630 - 1650A set of 16 tiles with decorations of people in their daily activities.
Market people, respectable ladies, and gentlemen, maids, servants, an ice skater, all in wonderful 17th-century costumes.A set like…

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1630 - 1650
Rotterdam?A rare tile with a picture of a satyr playing a flute.
The satyr is often confused with a devil, which is by no means the case. Satyrs regularly appear in an Arcadian atmosphere while chasing…

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Fourth-quarter of the 17th centuryA set of four fine and detailed manganese tiles with romantic scenes of shepherds under a tree.
With so-called spiders as corner decoration.

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Gorinchem (Gorcum)
1630 - 1660Tile with musketeer with smoking gun.

With oxheads as corner decoration, the small circle at the far end of the corner makes it typical for production in the city of Gorinchem.