This Is My GlasgowMar 5

Some beautiful decorative tiles at the entrance to a tenement close on Argyle Street in the West End of Glasgow.

#glasgow #ceramics #tiles #finnieston #tenement #architecture #architecturephotography

Show threadStevanMar 6
@thisismyglasgow Do you know if there is a name or description of that particular green that so many tenement tiles seem to be?
Show threadThis Is My GlasgowMar 6
@withaveeay Sorry, I don't.
Show threadStevanMar 6
@thisismyglasgow Ta. No doubt some ceramicist will be along in a moment to let us know. It's just such a distinctive colour.
Show threadThis Is My Glasgow
@withaveeay Hopefully. I have wondered if it's Scheele's Green or Paris Green, both of which were popular on Victorian times (and were originally made with arsenic!).
Mar 6 at 10:00amWeb
Show threadStevanMar 6
@thisismyglasgow Ah yes, arsenic. That's the distinctiveness of the colour.
I feel a rabbit hole coming, down which it'll be obligatory to disappear.
Show threadThis Is My GlasgowMar 6
@withaveeay Enjoy! 😀