Most of the tiles and tableaus made by the Holland potteries
were produced between 1890 and 1910. Therefore they are all produced in
high glaze, because that is the style the Dutch potteries used at
that time. As always, one or two exceptions exist, but high glaze is the
norm.
The Rozenburg pottery seems to have produced the biggest assortment of
tiles and tableau's, and had started before the PZH Gouda potteries did.
Most tiles produced measured 15.3 by 15.3 cm. ( 6 by 6 inches ). Some
bigger tiles (plaques) were produced as well, but instead of making
bigger tiles they also started to group tiles together on a frame to form
a tableau, with a wooden grid on the back, as part of the frame, to
support the individual tiles. Some of these tableau's consist
of so many tiles that it would not be suitable anymore for your average
house. One has to wonder at what sort of public the production of these
big tableau's was aimed.
When the tile was made, oak was most often used to create the
frame.
The PZH tiles are often marked on the back with the little house and the
words Gouda and Zuid-Holland. Sometimes the tiles are also marked on the
front. The painter initials can sometimes be found, but certainly not
always. They were sold under the name of "Gouda
Zuid-Holland" pottery.
Also the Delft factories produced tiles, but mainly in the traditional
blue colours. I believe the Porceleyne fles started to produce
tableau's around 1889. The PBD (Plateel Bakkerij Delft) produced
tableau's from 1903 onward
