I forgot to add that A.E.T., like most of these companies, made both wall and floor tile, as well as the elaborate fireplace surrounds.

Jim

----- Original Message -----
From: Carol Serr <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Monday, November 5, 2007 2:27 pm
Subject: Re: inadvertent urban archaeology

> Cool!    
> We have found 'generic' AETCo marked wall tiles in a few projects out
> here in San Diego (and I ID'd them thanks to eBay!).  Well, one was
> mottled, but not an identifiable 'design' tile, as the company is 
> knownfor making.
> 
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: HISTORICAL
> >ARCHAEOLOGY
> >[[log in to unmask]]
> >On Behalf Of Bob Skiles
> >Sent: Sunday, November 04,
> >2007 5:51 AM
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: inadvertent urban
> >archaeology
> >
> >A Decorative Piece of
> >Subway History Is Unearthed
> >in a Busy Station
> >
> >By DAVID W. DUNLAP
> >Published: November 2, 2007
> >[New York Times]
> >A lovely little piece of
> >subway history on the
> >uptown platform of the No.
> >1 line at 59th Street-
> >Columbus Circle - so old it
> >actually antedates the
> >trains - was concealed from
> >generations of riders by a
> >false wall.
> >
> >With the false wall being
> >removed as part of the
> >station renovation, history
> >has come to light again: a
> >blue-and-white Art Nouveau
> >plaque, with a flowery
> >border (worthy of willow
> >ware) encircling the words,
> >"The Tiles in This Exhibit
> >are the product of the
> >American Encaustic Tiling
> >Co. Limited / Zanesville
> >Ohio / New-York N.Y."
> >
> >What exhibit?
> >
> >... pix & the remainder of
> >the story here:
> >
> >http://www.nytimes.com/2007
> >/11/02/nyregion/02plaque.ht
> >ml?_r=1&oref=slogin
>