single visually striking and vibrantly colored dark green majolica glazed anglo-japanese style interior residential parlor stove figural ceramic tile designed and fabricated for notable stove maker, sherman s. jewett & company, buffalo, ny. the unusually-sized stove tile features a female japanese entertainer in the form of a costumed geisha girl holding a fan. the exceptionally well-designed glazed tile was designed specifically for use with jewett stoves during the american aesthetic movement in the 1880's. a massive lot of rectangular-shaped mottled color majolica tiles are all figural, consisting primarily of costumed geisha girls with folded fans are now available for sale. the heavily embossed figural tile is amazingly intact with surface crazing evident. only a single tile featuring "koko, the lord high executioner" contains a black transfer print on the backside of the tile, identifying the maker. sherman s. jewett & co. was one of the oldest and largest stove houses in the country during the 19th century. the firm was known as originally jewett & root, and was founded in 1836 by sherman s. jewett and francis h. root, in buffalo, ny. in 1855, a branch office was opened in chicago, under the management of frank f. spencer, who went on to work for the firm of hibbard, spencer, bartlett & co., then located at 65 south water street. after temporaliy occupying a "fire shanty" after the great chicago fir in 1871, sherman s. jewett erected a magnificent business structure on market street in 1882. the majolica tile lot is largely redundant, despite the variations in color, however, a total of five distinct figural configurations are available, including the geisha girls, a musician and the executioner. each tile listed is priced individually. measures 4 x 5 inches.