Not Chinese, but an art nouveau ceramic tile mural of a New England lighthouse - Help Identify This

RE: Not Chinese, but an art nouveau ceramic tile mural of a New England lighthouse

Dean Procter — Tue, 20 May 2025 06:18:43 +0000

Well, I just spotted a copy (not mine) of the J.L. Mott catalogue but without the prices. Not seen one for sale ever. Except mine. Out of the woodwork they come...

RE: Not Chinese, but an art nouveau ceramic tile mural of a New England lighthouse

Dean Procter — Tue, 20 May 2025 02:59:54 +0000

@sharonp Thank you Sharon. A founder of the New York Tile Club, no less. I remember that ceramic tiles came back into fashion first in bathrooms through my (only known copy of the) J. L. Mott Iron Works catalogue R (and pricelist) of 1897. It was the go-to for every millionaire wanting a 'new' bathroom. Their price list suggests there was a lot of money around for 'new'. Those 'tilers' were doing custom jobs for expensive new homes.

RE: Not Chinese, but an art nouveau ceramic tile mural of a New England lighthouse

Sharon P — Mon, 19 May 2025 22:34:49 +0000

@astromachia I suppose it could be "after," either one, but I looked Winslow Homer up and he did work in tiles, but he was dead by 1910. I do think tiles were popular in both Mission and Prairie style architecture before the thirties. Maybe they were wrapped with the papers later. Enjoy your research.

RE: Not Chinese, but an art nouveau ceramic tile mural of a New England lighthouse

Dean Procter — Mon, 19 May 2025 14:37:59 +0000

@sharonp Well thank you. That is just too wonderful to contemplate.

RE: Not Chinese, but an art nouveau ceramic tile mural of a New England lighthouse

Sharon P — Mon, 19 May 2025 05:19:49 +0000

The guys in the boat look more like Winslow Homer to me, very nice.

Not Chinese, but an art nouveau ceramic tile mural of a New England lighthouse

Dean Procter — Sun, 18 May 2025 21:08:19 +0000

I'm putting together a jigsaw puzzle of a couple of hundred original 1920's/30's wall tiles for a mural. It seems to be after/by Edward Hopper. The tiles aren't marked, at least not the ones I've looked at so far, except for their position in the mural. I know it isn't Chinese but I don't know any tile experts and it is NE USA to the bone and I'm sure a few of you are too.

I haven't even cleaned the unused tile set, barely removed them from their 1930s newspaper wrappings. I'll clean the dust off them and assemble the ceramic jigsaw puzzle and take some better photos along with a rubbing of the back to see if anything shows up.

If you know anyone with any knowledge of the field I'd be grateful. I'm pretty sure it's rare to find a large mural like this unused.

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