Rare Carter Glazed Encaustic Tile • Condition: Very good • Price: £120 (approx $161) • Stock number: 07399 UK Special Delivery +£13 Europe Priority +£21 USA & World Priority +£32 Currency Converter Ask a question A dozen flake chips to the rim, other minor marks.   Style: Medieval Technique: Encaustic, salt glazed Maker: Carter & Co., Worcester Dimensions: 6" x 6" Date: 1880 (circa)   Most encaustic tiles lack the sparkle for me that I find in glazed tiles with bold colours but this group of fascinating subjects and history is intriguing. Tiles from Carter & Co. of St George's, Worcester are rarely found, I had a shop in the city for seven years and never came across a single one it appears knowledge of the company has virtually disappeared. Why salt glazed? I was not aware that any encaustics were salt glazed and the utility of the protection that lead glaze offers seems lacking with salt glaze. The style and subject does not seem that well suited for hearths either. This has more of a gothic feel having a typical gothic quatrefoil, coronets and simple lilies. The SS is great, I must have known at least three Steve Smiths, inevitably a Susan too at some time. But maybe it is St the abbroeviation for saint, maybe it means St Stephens. Again the tile is deliberately distressed before it was glazed. This leads me to another hypothesis perhaps it is a 19th century reproduction, we know that Herbert Minton began the modern tile era with his drive to recreate medieval tiles, perhaps this and others in the group were commissioned for restoration of a historic building. Verso perfectly clean embossed Carter & Co., St George's, Worcester.   Information Tiles For Sale Contacts Order Information