Antique Portrait Tile A E Tile Co Limited
Here is an antique portrait fireplace tile by the American Encaustic Tiling Company from Zanesville Ohio. It has a beautiful embossed portrait of a jeweled woman wearing a scarf. It has a mushroom brown majolica glaze. It has crazing with a nice patina. The back of the tile is embossed with A E Tile Co. Limited. It measures 4.25" x 4.25" and is 3/8's thick. Small fleabite on top, otherwise in good condition.
Here's some information on the company. The American Encaustic Tiling Company was founded in Zanesville, Ohio, in 1875. Their tiles were intended to compete with the English tiles that were selling in the United States for use in fireplaces and other architectural locations. The first glazed tiles were made in 1880 and embossed tiles were made in 1881. By 1890, they were the largest tile company in the world, and the small town of Zanesville nearly tripled in size over a thirty year period as more people found work with the buy company. The firm closed in 1935 and was then reopened in 1937 as the Shawnee Pottery.
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