Tile History of Olympus_Markings Backside

Here the markings on the backside of one of the tiles.

 

The text in the upmost roundel reads "made W.Germany"

 

On one of the tiles is also a vague stamp which refers to a faience-bakkery called "Plateelbakkerij Schoonhoven bv".

 

Thanks to the information of mr. Hans van Dorst of Schoonhoven Keramiek (in The Netherlands) it became clear that the unglazed tile came from the german company Grohn (Steingut AG Bremen) and was finished at Plateelbakkerij Schoonhoven. The picture was transfered to the tile by using serigraphy and then the tile was glazed and backed.

Unfortunatly nothing is known anymore about the numbers produced and when this was done. So keep me posted when you know more !

 

Tiles identified until now :

Olympus 35-1

Semi Olympus

Olympus Six

Olympus Pen

Olympus PEN F

Olympus Flex

 

Done