Appraisal: Grueby Cuenca Seagull Tile, ca. 1915
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Appraisal: Grueby Cuenca Seagull Tile, ca. 1915
In Vintage Atlantic City, Hour 1, Suzanne Perrault appraises a Grueby Cuenca seagull tile, ca. 1915.
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Appraisal: Grueby Cuenca Seagull Tile, ca. 1915
Clip: Season 28 Episode 16 | 2m 25sVideo has Closed Captions
In Vintage Atlantic City, Hour 1, Suzanne Perrault appraises a Grueby Cuenca seagull tile, ca. 1915.
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It seems like it's Arts and Crafts, but I don't know from what side of the ocean, so, I know nothing about it.
APPRAISER: This tile was made by the Grueby Pottery from Boston, Massachusetts.
GUEST: Well, I've seen their vases.
APPRAISER: They were well known for their vases early on GUEST: Oh.
APPRAISER: and then they started making tiles.
GUEST: Well, why is it so thick?
Because this doesn't look like it was meant to be in a wall, and the sides are finished.
APPRAISER: It is thick.
A lot of Arts & Crafts tiles were thick.
GUEST: Okay.
APPRAISER: This is pressed from wet clay, and so they were done particularly thick.
This is probably just about half-an-inch GUEST: Right.
APPRAISER: to three-quarters of an inch thick.
The reason it is glazed all around is because it was probably used as a trivet.
GUEST: Uh, huh.
APPRAISER: Originally, it was probably sold with some kind of green felt on the bottom, Looking at the surface of this tile, it doesn't look like it would have been used like that much at all, because it's in beautiful condition.
GUEST: That is considered beautiful condition?
APPRAISER: Yes, ma'am.
It's a little dirty, but there's no wear, really, to the top.
This particular tile is one of a series of at least four.
GUEST: Ah... APPRAISER: It probably dates to about 1915 to 1920.
The marking on the back, those are the initials of the artist that would have colored in the tile.
GUEST: Okay.
APPRAISER: And it is a cuenca tile, that is your technique.
That's what keeps your, your beautiful flat colors separated.
As I said, it's a little dirty.
GUEST: Yes, what is that?
APPRAISER: Schmutz.
GUEST: (laughing) I have more of that at home.
APPRAISER: Yeah, we all do.
This, this will come off easily.
It does have at the top here a little bit of wear, a little hairline, and that is not good.
You bought this at a house sale?
GUEST: Yes.
You paid... One dollar.
APPRAISER: At auction, I would put this tile at $700 to $1,000.
GUEST: Is that right?
APPRAISER: Yeah.
GUEST: Oh, my gosh!
So, this is very bad, because I'm trying not to do house sales anymore.
I've been trying to get my addiction under control (laughing).
No, that was great.
That, that's absolutely wonderful.
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Clip: S28 Ep16 | 2m 16s | Appraisal: 1870 Cornelius Krieghoff Oil Painting (2m 16s)
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Clip: S28 Ep16 | 33s | Appraisal: 1875 D. J. Kennedy Atlantic City Watercolor (33s)
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Clip: S28 Ep16 | 3m 5s | Appraisal: 1910 James H. Hare Aviation Photo (3m 5s)
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Clip: S28 Ep16 | 43s | Appraisal: Albert Bierstadt Oil Painting, ca. 1875 (43s)
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Clip: S28 Ep16 | 2m | Appraisal: Albert Carrier-Belleuse Bronze, ca. 1855 (2m)
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Clip: S28 Ep16 | 1m 55s | Appraisal: Animated Pig Pull Toy, ca. 1900 (1m 55s)
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Clip: S28 Ep16 | 3m 1s | Appraisal: Art Deco Bracelet with Charms, ca. 1939 (3m 1s)
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Clip: S28 Ep16 | 43s | Appraisal: Austrian Rock Crystal Ewer, ca. 1900 (43s)
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Clip: S28 Ep16 | 2m 52s | Appraisal: Colonial Revival Tilt-top Table, ca. 1911 (2m 52s)
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Clip: S28 Ep16 | 2m 48s | Appraisal: Delaware River Valley Armchair, ca. 1750 (2m 48s)
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Clip: S28 Ep16 | 1m 33s | Appraisal: Early American Button Mold, ca. 1722 (1m 33s)
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Clip: S28 Ep16 | 3m 7s | Appraisal: Fake Shang Dynasty 'You' Bronze, ca. 1900 (3m 7s)
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Clip: S28 Ep16 | 40s | Appraisal: Kerman Millefleurs Carpet, ca. 1900 (40s)
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Clip: S28 Ep16 | 3m 3s | Appraisal: Late 19th C. Vincent G. Stiepevich Oil Painting (3m 3s)
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Clip: S28 Ep16 | 2m 26s | Appraisal: Portraits Attributed to Ruth H. Bascom, ca. 1830 (2m 26s)
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Clip: S28 Ep16 | 1m 5s | Appraisal: Steuben Jade & Alabaster Glass Vase, ca. 1928 (1m 5s)
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Clip: S28 Ep16 | 3m 20s | Appraisal: Walt Whitman-inscribed Memoranda, ca. 1875 (3m 20s)
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Clip: S28 Ep16 | 1m 3s | Appraisal: 1925 Marc Chagall Signed Etching (1m 3s)
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Clip: S28 Ep16 | 3m | Appraisal: S.S. Stewart Banjo, ca. 1897, from Atlantic City, Hour 3. (3m)
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Clip: S28 Ep16 | 3m 28s | Nicho Lowry corrals a collection of Buffalo and Pawnee Bill posters. (3m 28s)
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