Antique Villeroy & Boch Tiles
Beautiful pair of antique **Villeroy & Boch Mettlach decorative ceramic tiles**, featuring an intricate geometric and floral mosaic design in the Art Nouveau style.
Each tile displays an elaborate composition of stylized leaves, scrolling geometric borders, and circular floral motifs rendered in a rich, harmonious palette of muted blue-gray, warm ochre, terracotta red, cream, and deep charcoal.
The exceptionally detailed design creates the appearance of individually laid mosaic tesserae, with finely delineated geometric segments arranged in flowing, symmetrical patterns. The two tiles feature complementary, reversed compositions, making them particularly attractive when displayed together.
Both tiles retain their original impressed factory markings on the reverse, reading **“Villeroy & Boch Mettlach”**, with additional impressed characters or numerals.
Produced by the renowned German ceramics manufacturer Villeroy & Boch at its historic Mettlach works, these tiles exemplify the decorative architectural ceramics associated with the late Victorian and Art Nouveau periods.
**Details:**
- Manufacturer: Villeroy & Boch
- Factory: Mettlach, Germany
- Period: Late 19th to early 20th century, attributed
- Style: Art Nouveau / geometric mosaic
- Material: Decorated ceramic
- Design: Stylized foliage, scrolling borders, and intricate mosaic-style ornamentation
- Colors: Blue-gray, ochre, cream, terracotta, and charcoal
- Marks: Impressed Villeroy & Boch Mettlach factory marks on reverse
- Quantity: Two coordinating antique tiles
**Condition:** Attractive antique condition with age-related surface wear, minor edge and corner wear, and discoloration to the reverse consistent with age and previous architectural use. Please examine photographs for details.
An appealing pair of authentic Mettlach decorative tiles, ideal for collectors of antique German ceramics, architectural salvage, Art Nouveau design, and historic decorative arts.
**Sold together as a pair.**