And if it's just a plain white, wall tile?  What does that tell us?
Simplicity?  
I was just glad to have enough of a mark to ID the manufacturer.

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>From: HISTORICAL
>ARCHAEOLOGY
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>On Behalf Of Ron May
>Sent: Monday, November 05,
>2007 8:08 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: inadvertent
>urban archaeology 2
>
>
>In a message dated
>11/5/2007 6:36:13 P.M.
>Pacific Standard Time,
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>
>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.
>
>
>
>
>There is no mistaking the
>difference between the
>wall, floor, or fireplace
>surround tiles in the Arts
>& Crafts Movement. The
>tiles served to convey
>interior design moods for
>the functions within the
>Arts & Crafts Movement
>houses.
>For the earthy and cozy
>fireplace or reading nook,
>the cloudy dark  greens
>with black or brown might
>be arranged to resemble
>vegetation or forest
>effects.
>Brick and cobblestone
>mantles contributed to that
>effect, as did  gumwood or
>redwood wainscoting and
>portal trim work. Tiles
>selected for kitchen  or
>bath
>walls and floors tended to
>be brighter to convey a
>sense and feel of  hygiene
>and brightness. After World
>War I, the pulse of the
>Arts &  Crafts Movement
>ended and in 1925, bath
>tilework often exhibited
>bright  colors with black
>trim
>accents in keeping with the
>rising Art Deco fashion.
>Fireplace tiles in the
>mid to late 1920s lost that
>earthy glaze and often
>resembled Hispanic terra
>cotta surfaces. So, as I
>said to Carol, tiles can
>contribute to understanding
>the desired behaviors of
>the periods in which people
>lived in the past because
>those people selected the
>tile arrangements to set
>moods in their houses.
>
>Ron May
>Legacy 106, Inc.
>
>
>
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