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Batchelder Tile Company
Tiles (28 Tiles)1916-1932

Not on view
Square ceramic tile with raised brick-red cross pattern over mustard-yellow glaze, decorated with scrolling volutes in corner panels and rows of spheres along each arm
Hexagonal ceramic tile with unglazed red-brown earthenware body, decorated with a raised interlaced triangular motif filled with turquoise-blue glaze against the unglazed ground.
Hexagonal ceramic tile with unglazed reddish-brown earthenware body, decorated with three raised cloud-scroll motifs in bright green glaze arranged symmetrically around a central dividing line.
Hexagonal ceramic tile with unglazed buff-brown ground and a raised, dark green-glazed scrolling trefoil design at center, surrounded by small diamond accents near each edge.
Hexagonal ceramic tile with turquoise glaze on an unglazed red-brown ground, decorated with a repeating molded motif of six bird-like or wing-shaped forms arranged in a pinwheel pattern.
Hexagonal ceramic tile with russet-brown ground and yellow-green glaze, divided into three sections by raised ridges, each section decorated with scrolling cloud motifs in relief.
Hexagonal ceramic tile with turquoise glaze pooled between raised earthenware relief, decorated with a symmetrical pattern of scrolling vines, curling tendrils, and rounded floral rosettes in unglazed reddish-brown clay.
Square ceramic tile with low-relief molded design, tan earthenware with olive-green and brown glaze pooling in recessed areas. A seated human figure holds a staff or club while confronting a spotted quadruped animal; stylized foliage fills the lower right corner.
Hexagonal ceramic tile with unglazed terracotta-red ground and a raised turquoise-glazed scrolling foliate pattern radiating symmetrically from the center.
Square ceramic tile with raised symmetrical scroll design; blue glaze fills the background and spiral motifs at each corner and edge, leaving an unglazed terracotta center.
Square ceramic tile with raised relief pattern; four blue-glazed scrolling acanthus forms curve inward from the corners toward a small four-petaled flower at center, set against unglazed terracotta red ground.
Square ceramic tile with raised relief design; a quadruped animal in unglazed red-brown clay stands against a turquoise-glazed background of scrolling foliage and small flowering branches.
Square ceramic tile with raised Maya glyph design in terracotta and cobalt blue glaze; a zoomorphic or calendrical glyph form with rounded cartouche border, organic curving lines, and scrollwork along the lower edge.
Square ceramic tile with molded relief decoration, depicting a lion-like creature with curling mane and tail amid floral scrollwork, covered in an amber-green lead glaze pooling over an unglazed terracotta ground.
Square ceramic tile with molded relief decoration, featuring a large spiral scroll motif with clustered circular forms, covered in a mottled yellow-green glaze over buff-colored clay body.
Ceramic tile with raised quatrefoil design, unglazed terracotta ground contrasting with blue-glazed scrolling curves framing four trefoil motifs symmetrically arranged around a central point.
Square ceramic tile with raised turquoise-green glaze on red earthenware ground, decorated with a scrolling arabesque pattern of intertwined vegetal forms and a central diagonal motif, with dotted and curved relief details; partial circular patterns at the corners.
Square ceramic tile with red-brown unglazed ground and raised white glaze decoration; Arabic script inscription across the upper half above floral and leafy scroll motifs in the lower portion.
Square ceramic tile in terracotta with olive-green glaze pooling in relief-molded design; a rampant lion at center surrounded by swirling foliate scrollwork and a decorative border.
Ceramic tile with raised relief design, turquoise-green glaze pooling over terracotta-colored clay, depicting curvilinear glyphic forms including scrolls, rounded cartouches, and a central face-like motif with circular and oval elements.
Square ceramic tile in terracotta with raised Art Nouveau-style design of swirling lines and a central floral motif, accented with olive-yellow glaze pooling in the incised channels.
Square ceramic tile with raised blue glaze on a tan earthenware ground, featuring a symmetrical four-lobed scrollwork design at center and small diamond shapes at each corner.
Square ceramic tile with blue glaze and relief-carved terracotta design of a leaping hare above a trailing floral vine with small blossoms.
Square ceramic tile with molded relief design of a lion in profile, surrounded by scrolling floral motifs against a green glaze background; warm terracotta-toned raised surfaces with incised curling details.
Ceramic tile with pale blue glaze over terracotta clay, featuring a raised Maya-style glyph in profile — a human face in left-facing view enclosed within a cartouche, with circular elements along the left edge and scrollwork along the bottom border.
Ceramic relief tile with yellow-green and terracotta glaze, depicting a figure wielding a spear or staff over a crouching lion, surrounded by leafy branches in the upper corners.
Ceramic tile with raised terracotta relief against blue glaze, depicting a stylized face with concentric square outlines, dot eyes, and curved scroll motifs along the left edge and bottom border.
Square ceramic tile in terracotta with raised relief design of two facing profiles amid foliate forms, outlined in green glaze against the unglazed earthenware ground.
Designer
Batchelder Tile Company
Designer
Ernest Batchelder
Title
Tiles (28 Tiles)
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1916-1932
Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
Square tiles: approximately 3 3/4 x 3 3/4 x 1/2 in. (9.53 x 9.53 x 1.27 cm); Hexagonal tiles: approximately 3 3/4 x 4 1/4 x 1/2 in. (9.53 x 10.8 x 1.27 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Patricia M. Fletcher
Accession Number
M.87.157.1-.28
Classification
Architecture
Collecting Area
Decorative Arts and Design
Selected Bibliography
  • Bowman, Leslie Greene. American Arts and Crafts: Virtue in Design. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1990.