AGATHA CHRISTIE OWNED CARTER TILL POTTERY POOLE 6 TILES WINTERBROOK HOUSE

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NOW SELLING these INDIVIDUAL TILES FROM AGATHA'S HOME. INDIVIDUAL CARTER TILES LIKE THIS ARE COLLECTABLE EVEN WITHOUT THIS PROVENANCE.
ATT: Far left top row and far left bottom row are sold.!!
AGATHA'S TILES ARE FROM THE FIREPLACE SURROUND OF HER HOME, purchased in 1934, WINTERBROOK HOUSE IN WALLINGFORD, NEAR OXFORD. Agatha died here in 1976. Very rarely do you find an item with Agatha in the same picture. SEE PHOTOS, the first probably late 1930s and again with Max when she was in her 70s. (I got these pbotos from old books, but Copies may be purchased online at the copyright holdrr)
This is the best possible evidence of provenance.
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AGATHA INSTALLED THE FIREPLACE TILES FOR THE HOUSE. THEY ARE FROM THE DESIGNS OF TRUDA CARTER OF POOLE POTTERY.
MR. GILL, OWNER OF THE HOUSE IN 1983, GAVE THESE TILES TO THE POOLE POTTERY MUSEUM.
THE POOLE POTTERY MUSEUM CLOSED AND HAD A SALE (5520) AT CHRISTIE'S,SOUTH KENSINGTON ON 31 MARCH, 2004. Thrse Tiles were among several others in LOT. 88. Buyers will get a photocopy of the auction lot and cover.
THESE 6 TILES WERE IN A LOT OF 22 TILES PURCHASED AT AUCTION BY A COLLECTOR. A LABEl ON THE BOTTOM OF ONE FROM MR. GILL, SAYING THEY WERE REMOVED FROM AGATHA CHRISTIE'S HOUSE, WALLINGFORD. I BOUGHT THEM FROM HIM ON EBAY MANY YEARS AGO.
TILES BY TRUDA CARTER AND REGINALD TILL ARE COLLECTIBLE EVEN WITHOUT THIS PROVENANCE. Size of each tile, just under 5 x5 inches (12.2 X 12.2 cm)
I HAVE A NUMBER OF OTHER ITEMS FOR SALE THAT BELONGED TO AGATHA CHRISTIE AND MANY FIRST EDITIONS.