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Tile (Roof tiles)
1755-1800
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Wernesville; Pennsylvania; Berks; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Earthenware (redware)
Museum Object Number
1978.0124.002 A- C
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of the Pennsylvania German Study Group
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Object Number
1978.0124.002 A- C
Object Name
Tile (Roof tiles)
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Wernesville; Pennsylvania; Berks; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Origin Notes
One of the tiles used to roof the Kershner House (built 1755), Wernersville PA.
Date
1755-1800
Materials
- Earthenware (redware)
Techniques
- Slab-constructed
Measurement Notes
A- 4.3 cm (OH), 18.5 cm (OL), 17.00 cm (OW); B- 5.00 cm (OH), 21.9 (OL), 16.8 (OW); C- 2.00 cm (OH), 16.00 (OL), 15.8 cm (OW).
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.