original 19th century vibrantly colored majolica glazed david c. cook mansion interior second floor fireplace border tiles with symmetrically-arranged floral motifs
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minton china works, stoke on trent, england
matching set of original and intact 19th century vibrantly colored majolica glazed ceramic or encaustic david c. cook mansion interior second floor fireplace border tiles fabricated by the minton china works, stoke on trent, england. the multi-colored surround tiles with symmetrically designed floral motifs were carefully and skillfully salvaged from the cook mansion, located in elgin, il. the house still stands, but has been greatly modified and abandoned and condemned for years. the matching tiles have been carefully cleaned from mortar and/or brick. david c. cook, founder of a prominent religious publishing operation, built the high victorian queen anne chateauesque style mansion on the corner of gifford and division streets in 1885. in 1945 the grand residence was converted (i.e., modernized and expanded) into the mary margaret nursing home and later renamed the bowes retirement center. fortunately, interior elegant furnishings located on both the first and second floors were left intact from the time of mr. cook's occupancy. the fate of the house remains uncertain. priced for the lot of tiles.
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