Object Number 1960.0560

Object Name

Tile. (Roof tile)

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Place of Origin

Wernersville, Berks, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Southeastern Pennsylvania

Date

1750-1760

Materials

Earthenware (redware)

Techniques

Slab-constructed

Dimensions (inches)

14.811 (L) , 6.457 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

37.62 (L) , 16.4 (W)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Richman, Irwin. 2001 Pennsylvania German Arts: More than Hearts, Parrots, and Tulips.
• View of redware roof-tiled bake oven roof: p. 97, noting rain channels made by ziegler's (tile-maker's) fingers. Several so-tiled 18th C. roofs survive in Oley Valley of Berks County.