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Interesting cabinet (kitchen?) with beautiful art nouveau tiles. Have tried to find the tile maker without success. Does anyone know who it might be? VERY interesting mark. THANK YOU for your time!

 

I think that’s upside down. Fouled anchor inside a Star of David. Hm.

 

From ebay, for your research, not sure if japan copied older design or what...


https://www.ebay.com/itm/284366579498

 

Ahhhh….thought dollar sign but see what you mean

 

THANKS! And completely unexpected. Now I’m curious about the cabinet too

 

Even more interesting.

If I saw those tiles here, I’d think Minton, or similar. The cabinet itself looks as though it might be refinished, that’s not a Victorian colour.

 

If I remember correctly Minwax made stains in the 1980's or so with green, blue, etc tints like that - and I see they still do looking on their web-site!

 

Definitely a repaint or overpaint. The cup pulls started out as brass, most likely.

 

They did indeed.

 

Its gorgeous. I even like the green color.

 

This lead me to https://auctions.bidandhammer.com/majolica-tiles-1-1-1-1-1

and this is sold as:
"Manufactured in Japan by SAJI Tile works of NAGOYA YAMADACHOU."

This made me think the anchor could actualy be a T, and then it would be ST ...
But the Saji tiles I found so far look like this:

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/175364898884
Being sold as
TILE SAJI JAPAN MAJOLICA ART NOUVEAU CERAMIC PORCELAIN GEOMETRIC DESIGN OLD #235

 

LOVE the tiles around the cabinet!!!!!!!!!!!

 

It is indeed ST, but it isn't Saji Tile Works..
it's Sato Tile Works!
https://wellstile.com/index.php/2012/03/02/vintage-sato-floral-tile/#iLightbox[gallery-1]/1

 

Well, I would've said Minton, too, if I hadn't seen the reverse. Such cleverness from Japanese factories. Learned my something new today!