In mid-October, the last jetty was removed from scaffolding 8 and 16 in Antwerp and two beautifully restored Art Nouveau facades appeared. The relief tiles with the image of a brown-tinged salamander stand out most. These replace the porous tiles from 1890, with the consent of Monumentenzorg (conservation institute). Tile Bakery has baked more than 750 relief tiles and 750 flat tiles for this special facade restoration. With decades of ceramic experience, it was a tough and labor-intensive challenge to get close to the original colors and reproduce all frost-resistant tiles manually, glaze and bake at 1,200 degrees.
