1 New in the Box Harmony Kingdom Picturesque Magnetic Tile

from Byron's Secret Garden -   Honey Brew

Tile for Decoration or Use,  Wall Accent or a  Magnet!

Honey Brew

Every successful garden party needs spirits, and this one's no exception. Two enterprising bees on this tile figurine have boiled up a cauldron of mead. The bee brew master taste tests his concoction, while the queen bee sips striahgt out of the cauldron. How common! The tap's definitely been put to use. Notice the drunken wasp, his glass of mead spilling onto the morning glory. His morning won't be glorious! 

Name: Honey Brew

Artist: Ann Richmond 

Item No: PXGC4

Collection Name: Picturesque

Subset Name: Byron's Secret Garden

Made In: China 

Status: Retired 

Carving Date: 1998

Release Date: 6/1/1999 

Retirement Date: 1/1/2003

Edition Size: 6473 

US Issue Price in USD: $25

Category: Tile Figurine 

Dimensions (Inches): 4 x 0.25 x 4 

This Tile can be used as an accent to other tiles, or in a partial or full set.  I have plans to incorporate some into the wall tiles of my bathroom remodeling project, and am using some around my fireplace.  I purchased quite a few sets, and am selling of the additonal.

This tile used with 4" x 4" tiles, as it measure closer to 3.75" x 3.75"   with room for grout line.

Picturesque is a collection of Marble Resin Tile figurines by Harmony Kingdom.  Each tile is Exquisitely detailed and reveals the with and irony for which harmony kingdom has become known.

This tile is part of set that portrays Byron and his companions in a secret garden. There are 20 tiles in this set, A Frog's Life, Bell Tower, Bumble's Bridge, Byron's Bower, Byron's Hideaway, Cata's Pillow, Fountain Blue, Garter Of Eden, Gourmet Gazebo, Honey Brew, Love's Labours, Martin's Minstrels, Mayfly Madame, Mum's Reading Room, Slow Downs, Sun Worshipper, Swing Time, The Long Sleep, Two Blind Mice and Webmaster's Woe.  Hidden secrets are encrypted into each tile, and if viewed as a set of 20, an great story unfolds.

I have additional Harmony Kingdom tile listed as shown below, some of these are From Harmony Kingdoms Noah and Wimberly Tales Sets also.

Some Information form the Company's Web site about how and when these tiles came into Creation. 

Picturesque: 1999

During the Rosemont International Collectible Exposition in 1997, the idea of wall plaques first occurred to Martin. He had been talking to collectors throughout the day, and several said that they were having trouble fitting more collectibles into their curio cabinets. Ever the opportunist, Martin thought about all that empty wall space.

"Two things excited me about the idea," says Martin. "The first was that we could carve a tile in relief, which would by itself be an attractive addition to any collector's arsenal. Yet even better, this single tile could then be part of a larger scheme. We could carve other tiles that would expand the original image into a larger and larger picture. In other words, people could own one, two, five or twenty tiles, whatever suited them. The other equally exciting aspect to this idea was that the subject matter would be limitless."

Ann Richmond carved the first series in the Picturesque™ Collection, "Noah's Park," and Peter lent his hand to the centerpiece tile, "The Lost Ark." The series took a full year to finish. "It is a ravishing visual image full of humor and the typically enigmatic Harmony Kingdom detail," says Martin. Inspired by the result, Ann created a second series, "Byron's Secret Garden." Both series premiered in March 1999 at the International Coverings Show in Orlando Florida. "Noah's Park" was first introduced to collectors the following week at the first stop on the "Picturesque Tour" and "Byron's Secret Garden" at the Long Beach Collectibles Exposition in April. In September 1999, pre-production tile figurines of "Wimberley Tales," the third series in the Picturesque Collection, were premiered at the final two Picturesque events in the U.S. Carved by Mark Ricketts, this spectacular pastiche of a medieval deep relief carving portrays the fictional town of Wimberley, named after Wimberley Mills.

In addition to a variety of Picturesque accessories to showcase one to twenty tiles, stand-alone tile figurines have been carved. Peter's "Storm Brewing" and Ann's "Ruffians' Feast" and "Purrfect Tidings" have been enthusiastically received. With Picturesque, Harmony Kingdom has created its second collectible category - tile figurines.