A run of early 20th century ceramic tiles in a hellenic design

A reclaimed, restored, arriving ready to relay lot of French ceramic encaustic border tiles dating from the early twentieth century.

Reverse stamped BOCH FRERES MAUBEUGE, 17.5cm / 6.9 inches sq and weighing 1.4kgs/3lbs each these are a quality handmade tile produced by an award winning and internationally recognised manufacturer. The design is hellenic inspired and the palette warm and crisp. 

The 35 tiles available provide for a total linear length of 610cms / 241 inches and their application can include being used as a traditional floor border or posed vertically as a splashback in a bathroom or kitchen, decoratively in a shower, in a chimney breast or an aga inglenook...

NOTE
Antique tiles were most commonly made in single or two tile moulds. Before current computer automation methods their moulds were made my hand and the colour slips mixed by eye. Kiln temperatures could also be variable, as could the firing time. The result is that often tiles display subtle size and thickness variations and there can be tonal variations in colours, owing to the slip mixing and/or firing time. All of this makes these handmade tiles unique and adds to their charm. Some floors display their subtle variations in size and tones, some not, but when photographing we always take a random section of the floor so that it is representative of the whole. A tiler should always dry lay a section of the tiles to familiarise himself with them before starting to fix lay.