Tropico Gladding McBean Ship Tile Panel in a Mahogany Greene & Greene Style Frame Rookwood This tile was made through

This tile was made through a dust-pressed technique in which clay powder is compressed under high pressure into a mold

Clear impressed mark on the back

Made from a faience clay and is unmarked

Measures 6" square and 1/2" thick and made from red clay

Tropico Gladding McBean Ship Tile Panel in a Mahogany Greene & Greene Style Frame Rookwood This tile was made throughThis set of antique tiles from the hey day of the California Arts and Crafts period is a stunner. Made by the Tropico Gladding McBean Company of Glendale and Hermosa Beach, California in the 1920's, this piece may have started it's life as a tabletop or wall panel. The glazing is rich and done in the dry line, or cueda seca, process. The artwork shows a ship with large billowing sails racing through the water. There is some Art Deco styling in the