A rare antique Jugendstil / Art Nouveau tile by Georg Schmider, Vereinigte Zeller Keramische Fabriken, Germany, dating from the early 20th century, circa 1907 onward. This particularly attractive design, No. 2493, features two highly stylized pink-red roses above a horizontal row of small green leaves. The flowers are reduced to flowing, almost abstract forms, while the background is divided by slender vertical lines. The decoration is executed in moulded relief, with raised contours defining the flowers, leaves and geometric background before the coloured glazes were applied. Good antique condition with minor signs of age and use. A few small surface and glaze imperfections are visible, including minor marks to the reverse.