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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ision, post: 2898303, member: 17064&quot;]Both of your tiles are made by T&amp;R Boote, Ltd.&nbsp; The first tile (boat) is newer, and less expensive, than your second, molded tile.&nbsp;&nbsp; The first tile is an green majolica blank wall tile..which was painted with its boat by a non-factory artist.&nbsp; The grip pattern of this tile indicates it is circa 1920s.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The second tile is an antique, circa 1905-1910, molded, majolica, polychrome, neo-classical revival design, tile, which was made for an English fireplace surround pattern.&nbsp; It is English COAL SOOT which has stained this tile, which spent most of its existence held in a cast iron tile frame, found on the cheeks of a typical English fireplace of the time.&nbsp; From the pattern of soot, and its design, this tile would have lived at the upper left, or right, top of the five tiles used to decorate each &quot;cheek.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>The soot can be removed, or mitigated, by chemical cleaning..and the verso made whiter and brighter.&nbsp; I see no trace of a registration stamp on its verso.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>This is one of ten tiles in the original set it was part of, which would have been expensive for the time, due to its four colors.&nbsp; The central design tiles of this set could have featured more colors and would have been more ornate...thus the high original price.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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