{"id":406,"date":"2014-03-25T12:52:27","date_gmt":"2014-03-25T19:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.curiousclay.com\/?p=406"},"modified":"2014-03-25T12:52:27","modified_gmt":"2014-03-25T19:52:27","slug":"floral-trim-tiles-by-malibu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.curiousclay.com\/?p=406","title":{"rendered":"Floral Trim Tiles by Malibu"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Floral<\/a>Malibu Potteries (1926 - 1932) produced a huge variety of tiles during its short history. Rufus Keeler who ran Malibu Potteries was very keen on highest quality products and was a fan of experimenting with glazes. Malibu produced a couple of catalogs that were aimed at builders and architects.<\/p>\n

This collection of trim tiles was a \"rescue\" from Malibu fires of 1978. As a matter of fact, these tiles might have survived two fires - the original one in 1932 that destroyed the factory and then the Agoura-Malibu firestorm of 1978. The second fire destroyed whatever was left of the old factory, and tiles were scattered around for many years, sometimes washing up the beach.<\/p>\n

Some of these relief trim are contoured and meant to top a row of field tiles or be installed with matching contoured field tiles. All of them have bright smooth glazes in a variety of colors. These bathroom trim tiles are well-documented. They appear on pages 60-61 of the California Tile, The Golden Era 1910-1940 (vol. 2)<\/em>, on page 241 of the Encyclopedia of American Art Tiles, Region 6<\/em>, and on page 11 of Malibu Potteries catalog.<\/p>\n

Most of these tiles were never installed but they've had some traumatic experiences in their long life, so they have some small chips and nicks here and there. I have quite a few of these; certainly enough for a project!<\/p>\n