Object Number 1969.4731.009

Object Name

Tile (Fireplace or wall tile)

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Place of Origin

Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands, Europe

Date

1800-1850

Materials

Earthenware (delftware, faience); Tin glaze

Techniques

Molded, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

5 (H) , 5 (L)

Dimensions (centimeters)

12.8 (H) , 12.8 (L)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen Rotterdam. 1997 Kunstnijverheid en Tegels 1600-1800; Applied Arts and Tiles 1600-1800.
• Four similar style manganese tiles with spider corners and same double-plant treatment of mounds: p. 376, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 1800-1850
[Book] Schaap, Ella B. 1984 Dutch Tiles in the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
• Spider-cornered tile with similar dovecote on island: p. 134, no. 169(B), 1690-1750
[Book] Pluis, Jan. 1997 De Nederlandse Tegel: decors en benamingen [and] The Dutch Tile: Designs and Names 1570-1930.
• A tile with similar spider's head corner motifs, central island, and ships in the distance, ca. 1790, p. 366 (A03.01.17)