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Pleasure. Might as well put my knowledge of Dutch to good use.

 

One more tile, and i believe same time period, 18th century?

 

Cute, almost like the smaller building is smiling. If you give me the dimensions I'll get on to the determination site of the tile museum again.

 

12,3 х 12,3 х 8 mm

 

1650-1700, thicker usually means older. Related tiles from the period:
http://www.collectiegelderland.nl/organisaties/nederlandstegelmuseum/voorwerp-04834-c
http://www.collectiegelderland.nl/organisaties/nederlandstegelmuseum/voorwerp-04834-a
http://www.collectiegelderland.nl/organisaties/nederlandstegelmuseum/voorwerp-06496

 

AJ, you DO continue to AMAZE!!!!!!!!

 

My mother collected tiles, that certainly helped in knowing what to look for. When she passed away, we had to sort out all her collections, just about as many as mine, so.....

 

Woow! Really amazing that you ve found almost same motif. So valuable. Did not expected 17th. You are really pro. Im russian collector, some of our 18th century tiles are Delft like style. See my collection examples, 1700-1740

 

They are beautiful Paul. They remind me of Portuguese tiles, called 'azulejos', fro azul, blue. some of them have that yellow too.

 

What I'm noticing is that the squares are not marked with numbers or letters I recognize, almost more like zodiac symbols.

 

I think there are numbers 6 5 4 3 2 1, but nr 6 reversed

 

Spot on, put there by someone just as unfamiliar with them as I would be with Chinese numbers.

 

Quite possible

 

I think it was reversed on purpose because children sometimes do that. A special touch, maybe the painter was thinking of his/her own children.