Mexican Modernism Tile of a Bird American Encaustic Signed and dated on the

Signed and dated on the lower right "W Wise 1879"

Framed it measures 5

Shown in the company's catalog from 1905

It fits well in an Arts and Crafts

this large

Mexican Modernism Tile of a Bird American Encaustic Signed and dated on theThis vintage tile is glazed in a semi gloss white with purposeful crazing and flat black color to depict a bird. An homage to the petroglyphs found scratched into the rocks in the Southwest, this ancient design is Minimalist and decidedly Modernist. Similar images can be found worked into the silver and turquoise jewelry of Native Americans. The tile measures 8" square and nearly 3 4" thick. The color of the clay is similar to the clay used for San