Tile all birded up to go around your fireplace. Hush . . . .you can hear them chirp. 17th and 18th century. Dutch. Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Ceramics, decorative arts, Tile 1 Minute
Field of sixteen tiles, each with a painted bird or insect. ca. 1650-1700.
Field of sixteen tiles, each with a painted bird or insect. ca. 1650-1700. Earthenware with a tin glaze. Maker not known. Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. In the public domain. via https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/my/collections/1815348–lucinda-timmermans/schatten-uit-het-depot-tegels-tiles/objecten#/BK-1955-354-A,0
Tile panel or tableau, painted with a representation of a bird in a bird cage. ca. 1750-1800.
Tile panel or tableau, painted with a representation of a bird in a bird cage. ca. 1750-1800. Maker not known. Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. In the public domain. via https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/my/collections/1815348–lucinda-timmermans/schatten-uit-het-depot-tegels-tiles/objecten#/BK-2008-134-B,5
Field of sixteen tiles each with a multicolored bird on a ground with berries with an oxhead design in each corner. ca. 1640-1660.
Field of sixteen tiles each with a multicolored bird on a ground with berries with an oxhead design in each corner. ca. 1640-1660. Earthenware with tin glaze. Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. In the public domain. via https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/my/collections/1815348–lucinda-timmermans/schatten-uit-het-depot-tegels-tiles/objecten#/BK-1955-295-B,16
Tile tableau with six tiles showing a multicolored parrot in a cage.
Tile tableau with six tiles showing a multicolored parrot in a cage. Partial tableau as originally there would have been sixteen tiles. ca. 1730-1770. Maker not known. Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. In the public domain. via https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/my/collections/1815348–lucinda-timmermans/schatten-uit-het-depot-tegels-tiles/objecten#/BK-1955-381,20

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