VINTAGE RARE ART TILE BY CALIFORNIA FAIENCE
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:12598466 | Object Type: Tile |
VINTAGE RARE ART TILE BY CALIFORNIA FAIENCE, SIGNED
ABOUT CALIFORNIA FAIENCE:
"California Faience was a pottery studio in Berkeley, California in existence from 1915 to 1959. It produced tiles, decorative vases, bowls, jars and trivets. It was run by William V. Bragdon and Chauncey R. Thomas who also taught at the California School of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, California."
TILE MEASURES APPROX. 5 1/2" x 5 1/2" x 3/4" , WEIGHS ABOUT 1 1/4 LB.
SOME MINOR CRAZI...NG IN GLAZE ON ONE SMALL SECTION OF YELLOW ON RIGHT SIDE
IT APPEARS IT ONCE HAD FELT BUMPERS ON BACK TO KEEP TILE FROM SCRATCHING SURFACES
PLEASE CONSIDER PICS AS PART OF THE DESCRIPTION
NO DAMAGE THAT I CAN SEE (OLD EYES!)
PLEASE ADVISE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE PHOTOS OR ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS
THIS ITEM BELONGED IN A COLLECTION OF A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE.
MANY THANKS FOR LOOKING
ABOUT CALIFORNIA FAIENCE:
"California Faience was a pottery studio in Berkeley, California in existence from 1915 to 1959. It produced tiles, decorative vases, bowls, jars and trivets. It was run by William V. Bragdon and Chauncey R. Thomas who also taught at the California School of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, California."
TILE MEASURES APPROX. 5 1/2" x 5 1/2" x 3/4" , WEIGHS ABOUT 1 1/4 LB.
SOME MINOR CRAZI...NG IN GLAZE ON ONE SMALL SECTION OF YELLOW ON RIGHT SIDE
IT APPEARS IT ONCE HAD FELT BUMPERS ON BACK TO KEEP TILE FROM SCRATCHING SURFACES
PLEASE CONSIDER PICS AS PART OF THE DESCRIPTION
NO DAMAGE THAT I CAN SEE (OLD EYES!)
PLEASE ADVISE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE PHOTOS OR ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS
THIS ITEM BELONGED IN A COLLECTION OF A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE.
MANY THANKS FOR LOOKING
