Early Polychrome Dutch Tin Glazed Tile, Man with Rifle and Rifle Stand mends darning methods

darning methods

with one straight line tear near the bottom white corner of one and a round hole at the top red corner of the same

1870s-80s I would guess

with great hand-painted red brick around the bottom and for the chimney

The bristles are in perfect condition

Early Polychrome Dutch Tin Glazed Tile, Man with Rifle and Rifle Stand mends darning methodsI'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