For sale is a lovely Art Pottery Tile made by The Rookwood Pottery Company of Cincinnati, Ohio. The item is called a "Tea Trivet Tile". It is a very pleasant size as it measures 5 5/8" Square and is only 7/8" Tall.

The Tile Displays a Dutch Harbor Scene of a Woman in Dutch Dress and a child holding onto her apron. They are looking into the Harbor where a boat with a mast is moored. There is a Windmill in the background and tightly clustered trees with their foliage. The detail is just wonderful. You can even see the Shoreline!! There are wonderful vivid pastel colors of Country Blue, 2 shades of Green, Rose, Coral and 2 shades of Brown, with Lavender and White. There are a lot of Glaze Colors in this Tile. I can count 9 different Glazes in it. This tile sits on 8 applied feet all along the bottom edges for stability.

The piece is considered to be in excellent condition as there are no cracks, nicks, chips or dings. The only issue to report is some minor peppering in the Lavender and Coral glaze. This happens quite often with the Tea Trivet Tiles. When you put a much lighter colored tile in the oven after much darker items were in the oven beforehand the lighter glaze can pick up small pepper spots in the glaze. This does not hurt the Value what so ever!

The piece is signed with the Impressed Reverse RP Rookwood Pottery and Sunburst Logo along with the Roman Numerals "XXIX" for the year of manufacture, 1929. There is also the mold number "3203" impressed just below the date. This is a quality Tile made by one of America's foremost Pottery Manufacturers of the early 20Th Century. I'm quite sure the buyer will be quite pleased with their Purchase!!

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