Max Laeuger Large Art Nouveau Tile series and a turkey

and a turkey

1927 - 1930

cracks or repairs

There is a thatch roofed  English cottage under a tree

One small flake on the rim

Max Laeuger Large Art Nouveau Tile series and a turkeyThis large tile was made by Max Laeuger (1864 1952) in Germany at the turn of the 20th Century. The tile measures nearly 8 inches square and the surface is decorated with slip in an impasto and squeezebag technique. A bold design in green might represent the leaves of a staghorn fern. The back has old labels and an applied hanger, as well as impressed mark for Tonwerk Kandern. In 1898 the "Tonwerke Kandern Art Pottery" was founded under the direction