For #TilesOnTuesday the floor of St. Nikolaus at Ruffenhofen, Franconia. The church, located 600 m northwest of the Roman fort in Ruffenhofen, was built in the 13th century with building material taken from the fort. The floor was paved with #Roman tiles.
Floor tile decorated with church façade and cinquefoil flowers from the church of Dorchester Friary, a Franciscan order founded mid-C13. Part of the collection of Dorset Museum in Dorchester.
For #WorldStorkDay + #TilesOnTuesday:
William De Morgan (English, 1839-1917)
#Stork and #Frog Tile
c. 1872-1881
earthenware w/ copper lustre glazing, 15.5 x 15.5 cm
National Gallery of Canada 39225: https://www.gallery.ca/collection/artwork/stork-and-frog-tile
#BirdsInArt
#TilesOnTuesday :
Earthenware Tile, c. 1875
Design by CHRISTOPHER DRESSER (British, 1834-1904)
Manufactured by MINTON (British, Stoke-on-Trent)
On display at Metropolitan Museum of Art (1991.110.2)
“Highly stylized and executed in a striking blue and white, Dresser's elegant design captures his dedication to the study of Japanese decorative arts. The bright moon behind the dancing #cranes creates an otherworldly, almost mystical atmosphere.”
#BirdsInArt
Tile made by the potter Jan Spoer from Issum, NRW, Germany. in 1721.
The tile was made as an advertisement for his work with a proud plea for his craftsmanship and the request not to haggle on the price because he makes honest work that deserves a fair price.
Coll: Museum Burg Linn, Krefeld, DE
#pottersselfie
#ceramics #keramik #keramiek
#slipware #terrevernissée #slibversierdaardewerk
#historyofceramics #ceramicshistory #historicalceramics
#niederrhein #irdenwareniederrhein
#tilesontuesday
From C16, the Barnstaple (north Devon) tile industry produced lead-glazed relief tiles for local churches as well as ones in Cornwall. At least 64 designs defined by Keen (1969). These, found in Launcells, Cornwall, include fleur-de-lys, swan, heads, lion, as well as several flower designs.
Medieval floor tiles from the Hospital of St. Cross at Winchester, Hampshire. 
#TilesOnTuesday
Medieval geometric tiles on the ruins of the Cistercian Byland Abbey, #NorthYorkshire
Ottery St Mary, Devon
A small remnant of medieval tiling showing a knight on horseback. An amazing survivor.
#TilesOnTuesday
Medieval floor tiles, with crowned lion
Timberscombe St Petrock church, #Exmoor #Somerset
#TwoForTuesday + #TilesOnTuesday:
Tile panel with inscription and #peacocks
Iran, c.1825
Ceramic, H 20.5 x W 50 in (52.1 x 127 cm)
Asian Art Museum F2008.64.18.a-.b
https://searchcollection.asianart.org/objects/18663/tile-panel-with-inscription-and-peacocks
#BirdsInArt #IslamicArt
For #RattlesnakeAppreciationDay on #TilesOnTuesday :
another of the 420 original 1906 Moravian tile mosaics by Henry Chapman Mercer on the Pennsylvania Capitol floor, many featuring PA animals: 374, “Crotalus.” That’s the scientific name for a genus of rattlesnakes, only one of which is native to PA: Crotalus horridus, the Timber Rattlesnake.
For #TilesOnTuesday an glimpse into the lives of ordinary people in the northern Roman Empire: a tile from Weißenburg, that was scratched with the alphabet before firing. It likely served as writing practice; however, the letter sequence is not entirely accurate
#TilesOnTuesday :
Hexagonal floor tile: #Hedgehog, 1435/1470
Giovanni a carbonara, Naples
Ceramic, H 20 x W 20.5 x T 1.9 cm
Musée du Louvre OA 3958
https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010109144
#TilesOnTuesday! Hoof marks of lambs or kids on a tile found in Pfongau/Austria
Tiles with imprints can be found all across the Roman empire because tiles were laid out to dry in the open air ahead of firing, where animals could step on them.
New Orleans Tiles Tuesday, "No Words" edition.
1) St. Charles Avenue, Uptown
2) Freret Street, 13th Ward.
3) Roosevelt Hotel
4) Restaurant bathroom in Carrollton
Photos by Infrogmation of New Orleans.
Many #Roman tiles with #children's footprints are known from all parts of the empire. But this is a special one, as it can be dated precisely due to the stamp: in 123 AD a #toddler stepped on the tile that laid out to dry before firing.
Found along the Via Appia, now in Museo Nazionale Romano -Terme di Diocleziano
Photo: https://www.archeokids.it/quattro-passi-nella-storia/
For #EpigraphyTuesday and #TilesOnTuesday a 2000 year old joke - a good one! A #Roman tegula (roof tile) with an inscription in Roman cursive:
VENTVRAM / TERRIS / VID(es me) - Now that you see me, I've fallen to the ground
From Vindobona/Vienna, on display at Römermuseum Vienna
#TilesOnTuesday + #TwoForTuesday:
195 & 318 “Blue Jay”
another pair from the ongoing search for all the animals from the 420 original 1906 Moravian tile #mosaics by Henry Mercer on the #Pennsylvania Capitol floor.
#ArtsAndCraftsMovement #BirdsInArt
#TilesOnTuesday: a Roman 'fridge', unearthed in 2022 in the legionary fort of Novae, Bulgaria. It's a kind of container made of tiles that was embedded under the floor. It was used by the soldiers to store food. In the container fragments of pottery and animal bones were found.
