Pair of Antique Portrait Tiles by AETCO Ruscha The last photo shows the

The last photo shows the tiles with more contemporary tiles as a reference

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

It is housed in a Mexican chip carved wooden frame

Marked Gres Guerin Bouffioulx

In the Victorian tradition it shows a pet dog elevated to a status deserving a portrait

Pair of Antique Portrait Tiles by AETCO Ruscha The last photo shows theThis 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