Early Polychrome Dutch Tin Glazed Tile, Man with Rifle and Rifle Stand carved head and tail Bearded man: 6 1/2" t

Bearded man: 6 1/2" t x 2" w x 2 1/8" d

rim of base and underside

A moody beauty of an antique memory jug

" I think I'd mount it to the wall as a completely useless suggestion of a hook

Bill Anthony

Early Polychrome Dutch Tin Glazed Tile, Man with Rifle and Rifle Stand carved head and tail Bearded man: 6 1/2" tI'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