Tiled stove decoration

Upper decoration from a dismantled tiled stove in a tenement house scheduled for demolition.In the 19th and 20th centuries, tiled stoves were installed in every room of the building. They have now been replaced with central heating systems. They are a relic of the vanishing craft of fitters. Stoves were made of chamotte brick, covered with ceramic tiles on the outside, which, depending on the weal…