Early Polychrome Dutch Tin Glazed Tile, Man with Rifle and Rifle Stand mends Measured on the square: 2

Measured on the square: 2 1/2" l (knee to toe) x 1" d (knee to thigh end" x 7/8" d at threaded end

but I do believe she is meant to be a ballerina

for that matter

darning methods

Early Polychrome Dutch Tin Glazed Tile, Man with Rifle and Rifle Stand mends Measured on the square: 2I've developed quite a taste for antique Delft tiles of late each its own small and singular painting, rendered in tin glaze and enduring across centuries on the face of a tile. This very thick one with polychrome glazing appears to be quite an old one, and based on the color and manner of the painting, I believe comes from the Friesland province, in northern Holland. I think he's terrific in his painterly blue and green and ocher, with mustache and