Westraven tiles
Scouting tiles most known are the cloisonné tiles of the company
Westraven from
Manufacturing cloisonné tiles
In the beginning the tile starts with the drawing. The lines are
coloured firmly, these lines will be the borders. Next the colours are represented
by numbers. The design is finished. The next part of the process is making the
mould of plaster. This mould is a mirror image and a bit taller than the actual
tiles, for the clay shrinks when drying. The firm lines are drawn into the
mould. Now a rubber mould is produced, of which several working models are
made. In this working models the clay is pushed in, and then is pressed with a
small press. This press also puts the logo of the manufacturer in the back
side. When the clay has dried, the tiles are taken out of the mould and baked
at more than 100 degrees Celsius. Finally the tiles are painted by with
coloured glace and are baked again.
More Westraven tiles can be found at the site Ouddelft Keramiek.
(http://www.home.deds.nl/~ancotheek/index.htm)
The
museum is always interested in "old" Dutch scouting stuff.
Are you considering removing your old stuff, please contact us.