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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 368539, member: 2844&quot;]Paul, you are comparing tiles found in SW Germany and in Poland to a tile found in northern Russia. </p><p>The Ettlingen tiles are box tiles. Of the tiles on the Polish site one is a box tile, the other has a very shallow cylinder ate the back. Both the Ettlingen and the Polish tiles are beautifully decorated. I see no resemblance to yours, except in the general concept of heating tiles.</p><p><br /></p><p>The provenance of yours is interesting. There have been craftsmen of German origin in Russia since the Middle Ages. They worked in the big cities and in the designated German regions of Russia. I think that is where you should look. And I must say, that is a far more interesting area than Germany, where these tiles were common at one time. </p><p>Your surname sounds like there is a German or Bohemian connection, by the way. Maybe some of your ancestors lived in homes heated with these tiles, or even manufactured them. I can see some interesting research there.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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