USETCO Cherry-Blossom Surround with Children
A complete fireplace surround by the United States Encaustic Tile Company — cherry blossoms across the field, and the two children at the corners that collectors almost always meet as orphans.
You see those children all the time, sold one at a time, stripped of context. What you rarely see is the whole surround they came from, in its original complete install. Together, in place, it is charming as anything in American tile — and that completeness is exactly what makes it rare. This one has gone to a collector in San Francisco.
Relic Asylum — Tiles with past lives.