Topic: tile

[Ivo]

Here is a dark brown tile 15x15 cm = 6x6".  There is a groove on three parts of the edge . Number 4 is smooth. Any suggestions as to what on earth it may be?

[dinklepip]

looking at the rim area, could it actually be a plinth for a vase?

[Ivo]

Thank you for that suggestion but then the decoorat ion makes little sense. I found 5 of these and bought 1 to id - so a nest of plinths seems unlikely. 

[dinklepip]

mmmmmmmmmmmmmm you got me then. Maybe a coaster?

[Ivo]

For a coaster it is huge and heavy. And I think the grooves around it make it slot into something - perhaps a wire frame of sorts, to make a panel. Or something architectural. I just cannot see how.

[Frank]

Do all 5 have the same grooving (pic and shape/size of groove) the size is a standard tile size. Architectural seems likely, motif does not suggest very old. Perhaps face of a planter or window box, which would only need 3 grooves. What is the back like? Cast or moulded.

[flying free]

no idea but to me it looks like they should slot into or  slide down into a frame or holder with the side that isn't grooved being uppermost.  Franks window box sounds a possible.  Are they translucent at all? They look quite opaque (just wondering about some sort of lighting perhaps ).
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[Ivo]

They are very dark brown - I would say this is beerbottle brown and a candle behind would not cheer you up.  As far as I remember the grooves are not all in the same direction to the design = some are horizntal, some vertical and some sideways L/R.

[flying free]

so they might surround 'something' in the middle, some tiles being slotted sideways l-r or r-l,  some being slotted down from the top some from the bottom up.  Some firescreen type thing?
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[Frank]

Really need detail on all the grooves per tile. Are the grooves cut, squared bottom etc?