Rare antique Poole tile – Death on horseback

Poole Tile

Heres a very old and very rare tile made in Poole by the Architectural Pottery co and dating from about 1860. Death riding on a horseback – well 1860 was at the height of the Victorian Gothic era and so it was most suitable for its time. I identified this tile from a picture of a similar one on the book “The decorated tile”  by J & B Austwick. This book is long out of print but well worth trying to obtain a second hand copy if you are a collector of tiles. AntiquesAvenue has a range of interesting antique tiles available.