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On Display: House - Walnut Room
Tile (Fireplace or wall tile)
1800-1850
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Rotterdam; South Holland; Netherlands; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (delftware, faience)
- Tin glaze
Museum Object Number
1969.4731.016
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1969.4731.016
Object Name
Tile (Fireplace or wall tile)
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Rotterdam; South Holland; Netherlands; Europe
Date
1800-1850
Materials
- Earthenware (delftware, faience)
- Tin glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
5 (H) x 5 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
12.8 (H) x 12.8 (L)
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, 1800-1850Book: 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), 1690-1750Book: 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 background, ca. 1790, (A.03.01.17)