Mercer Moravian Art Tile Antique Brocade Milkweed Pod Arts & Crafts Malibu It is in excellent condition

It is in excellent condition with only minor rubs to the edges

Excellent pop of color for the home

small flake on inner rim of the border

this tile was photographed for The Encyclopedia of American Art Tile and can be found in Vol 2 page 55

Mercer Moravian Art Tile Antique Brocade Milkweed Pod Arts & Crafts Malibu It is in excellent conditionBrocade tile from the Moravian Pottery and Tile Works founded by Henry Chapman Mercer. It is a Persian inspired flourish of a milkweed pod covered in an engobe green slip. These were made to be grouted into plaster walls and become one of the decorative elements of the house. It is unsigned as are most of the old original antique tiles made by this company. Measures 5" x 3". Traces of mortar and white calcium.