What Tile Is This?

[MikeW]

Hi

Can anyone tell me what make/model this tile is? I didn't measure it but estimate it to be 150mm long.

Thanks

 

[Dan]

Ooooo I like those a lot!

They appear to be hand made ceramics. Something akin to what 'original style' (perhaps try them?) would knock up. But they appear to have pearlescent tinge to them, that might be the light.

Can you take more pictures for me? See if you can find a grout joint that's quite shallow (doesn't have a lot of grout in) to get a shot of the biscuit backing. That might help.

 

[Dan]

I think they have a white biscuit backing, and are hand made in batches. By the looks of the size differences in the following pic.

 

[Rizzle from the Portizzle]

havent measured them to but would guess them to be 200mm x 100mm white biscuit points only one way winchester tile company .there you go bingo

 

[MikeW]

Ooooo I like those a lot!

They appear to be hand made ceramics. Something akin to what 'original style' (perhaps try them?) would knock up. But they appear to have pearlescent tinge to them, that might be the light.

Can you take more pictures for me? See if you can find a grout joint that's quite shallow (doesn't have a lot of grout in) to get a shot of the biscuit backing. That might help.

 

[MikeW]

Nice aren't they! I could try and get a better shot next time I'm there but these are actually on the back wall of the demo kitchen in my local Lakeland. I'm not sure they are strictly pearlescent but the uneven texture does seem to deflect the light in all directions. I'm afraid as I'm not a tiler (just an amateur DIYer) I'm not sure what you mean by biscuit backing. I presume you mean the pattern on the reverse?

 

[7ACK14]

As Ray, my first thought was Winchester Tile Co (Original Styles) from their Residence collection, which has 200*100 and 130*63 The colour could be be Mash or Flint, but these are not usually produced in the brick tile, it's hard to tell if those pictured are half's or not!

 

[Just Rizzle]

Winchester my guess ,did a farm house kitchen with something similar last year were an arm and a leg per square meter lol

 

[Dan]

As Ray, my first thought was Winchester Tile Co (Original Styles) from their Residence collection, which has 200*100 and 130*63 The colour could be be Mash or Flint, but these are not usually produced in the brick tile, it's hard to tell if those pictured are half's or not!

Could be right actually the bottom of them appear to be the cut edge maybe.

Winchester Tile Co own Original Style or something?

 

[Dan]

Did we work out if they're cut or not?

 

[DTile]

Did we work out if they're cut or not?

Cannot believe they've been cut. The glaze appears to go over the edges on all 4 sides, no chittering or squared edge visible either.

 

[Rizzle from the Portizzle]

for gods sake these tiles have not been cut down but i do believe mr magoo choose the grout coulor

 

[MikeW]

Lol my missus likes the grout colour she says it would avoid the kind of staining normally associated with white grout - especially the way I cook splattering everything in sight!... Is it a dye you add to it or do you buy it that colour?

PS regarding halves, is it common practice in tiling to cut square ones to give you subway tiles, even on a job of that scale?

Anyhoo.. I've looked into those Winchester tiles and they seem to be a bit too wavy-edged. The ones in the picture seem to be a bit straighter/more uniform but that could be the fact that the grout is obscuring the true shape perhaps? I've emailed Winchester the pictures so guess I'll just have to wait and see what they say.

Cheers

 

[Lithofin BOB]

Try the fired earth web site, sure have seen something similar.

 

[7ACK14]

Could be right actually the bottom of them appear to be the cut edge maybe.

Winchester Tile Co own Original Style or something?

Winchester Tile is officially a partner of Original Style, along with Dorset Woolliscroft, the safety floor tiles (equivalent of Johnson's Kerastar) OS is really the parent company, but maintains the separate identities. They share factories, work shops and warehouses here in Devon. With their store/showroom being based in Exeter.
The Winchester range have a lot of hand finished pieces and they are the some of the same artists who work on OS's La Belle Cuisine and Artworks ranges

 

[MikeW]

Contacted Winchester and it seems the tile is from their Artisan range. Thank you all for your help!

 

[Dan]

Winchester Tile is officially a partner of Original Style, along with Dorset Woolliscroft, the safety floor tiles (equivalent of Johnson's Kerastar) OS is really the parent company, but maintains the separate identities. They share factories, work shops and warehouses here in Devon. With their store/showroom being based in Exeter.
The Winchester range have a lot of hand finished pieces and they are the some of the same artists who work on OS's La Belle Cuisine and Artworks ranges

How did you know all that? Ha