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<p>[QUOTE="Jeff Drum, post: 3038089, member: 6444"]Thank you so much for your interest. Here's the best I could do without breaking it up into parts. If you think that would help, let me know and I'll take some more pics.</p><p><br /></p><p>The edges were all apparently trimmed down from a larger piece of tile. Done with hand nippers and not a power saw. I believe the painting was done after the trimming, not before, based on some (but not all) of the lines stopping before reaching the edges. It definitely looks 20th century and not earlier, but when in the 20th is harder to say. I was surprised that the wooden latches on the back slide to release the tile from the frame without removing any nails; that makes it easy to take it in and out without damage.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]290624[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]290625[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Jeff Drum, post: 3038089, member: 6444"]Thank you so much for your interest. Here's the best I could do without breaking it up into parts. If you think that would help, let me know and I'll take some more pics. The edges were all apparently trimmed down from a larger piece of tile. Done with hand nippers and not a power saw. I believe the painting was done after the trimming, not before, based on some (but not all) of the lines stopping before reaching the edges. It definitely looks 20th century and not earlier, but when in the 20th is harder to say. I was surprised that the wooden latches on the back slide to release the tile from the frame without removing any nails; that makes it easy to take it in and out without damage. [ATTACH=full]290624[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]290625[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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