Today we have listed this Vintage Ceramic Tile Sample Board...made by the renounced ceramic tile maker of the time, The American Olean Co.  AKA: Olean Tile Co. & A&E & American Tile.

These Full Size Sample Tiles are on a Masonite board and the tiles can be removed for use as needed.
Makes an interesting wall art display.
Board measures 11-1/4 inches by 9-3/4 inches.
Octagon Ivory Porcelain 2-3/16" tiles with 3/4" Bronze Glazed insert tiles.

These salesman's sample boards are used and show handling wear &stains; they have been wiped clean to remove surface dust. The board in the picture is the one shipped.  

Please look over the pictures above and ask questions when needed. Thanks for your interest.
 

A little history:   

The American Encaustic Tiling Co. (AET)  formed in 1875 with first plant in Zanesville OH, They greatly expanded to include plants in Perth Amboy NJ, Hermosa Beach CA  & Vernon CA by buying defunct tile manufacturers.

The Depression hit hard and unlike GMB, they did not expand their product line into other ceramic items like Dinnerware, Pottery, etc. They went into bankruptcy in 1933 and the US Bankruptcy court assigned Malcolm Schweiker of Franklin Tile of Lansdale PA as trustee to sell off assets.

Mr. Schweiker bought the NJ plant and assumed the stock market exchange name AET which was valuable. He continued to use the name for some time and later, after purchased Olean Tile in Olean NY, he changed the company name to American Olean. AET owned the trademark HERMOSA and when GMB purchased the Hermosa Beach plant, they continued to use the Hermosa name on their tiles until about 1962 when they merged with Lock Joint Pipe Co to form Int’l Pipe & Ceramics Corp and later began to use the trademark Interpace.




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