Pair of Antique Portrait Tiles by AETCO Ruscha It is housed in a

It is housed in a Mexican chip carved wooden frame

a thick faience clay suitable for outdoors and a dust pressed clay for interior installation

probably Italian

Ink stamped Desert House Bebe and Dan Lotz Tuscon Arizona

weighing in at 7 pounds

Pair of Antique Portrait Tiles by AETCO Ruscha It is housed in aThis pair of antique tiles were made by the American Encaustic Tile Company of Zanesville, Ohio at the end of the 19th Century. The tiles show portraits of a couple from the Middle Ages, the man in a ruffled collar and the woman in starched lace and pearls in her hair. Each tile measures 6" square and 1 2" thick and is covered in a mottled glaze meant to mimic marble. These tiles once graced the corners of a fireplace surround so there are remnants of