c.5.4m2 ornate motif ceramic encaustic floor c.1920

A small, c.5.4m2, ornate ceramic encaustic floor of 15cm square tiles centered on a four-tile repeating circular motif. The palette is burgundy, black and white.

Both the back to back border tiles and the main field tiles are stamped B&W for Boucquey et Winckelmans and were made close to Lille, France in the 1920's. The ceramic is good; occassional small chips and nibbles and surface crackling on a very small number of tiles give the floor a pleasing patina and the floor has cleaned excellently of old mortar and wax.

Being ceramic encaustic they can be laid both inside or outside the home.

Tile quantities, give or take one or two:-

Field tiles – 170

Border tiles – 70+

plus offcuts