Pair of Antique Portrait Tiles by AETCO Ruscha a thick faience clay suitable

a thick faience clay suitable for outdoors and a dust pressed clay for interior installation

Tile  measures 9 1/4" tall and 7" wide and over 1/2" thick

This blue and white plate is hand painted in a Moorish style with a bird

The octagonal tiles edges are stepped down in an Art Deco style

Pair of Antique Portrait Tiles by AETCO Ruscha a thick faience clay suitableThis pair of antique tiles were made by the American Encaustic Tile Company of Zanesville, Ohio at the end of the 19th Century. The tiles show portraits of a couple from the Middle Ages, the man in a ruffled collar and the woman in starched lace and pearls in her hair. Each tile measures 6" square and 1 2" thick and is covered in a mottled glaze meant to mimic marble. These tiles once graced the corners of a fireplace surround so there are remnants of