Collection Highlights
Euphemia Toussaint (1815-1829)
ca. 1825
1920.6
Watercolor on ivory
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Tile
Object name
Tile
Date
1750-1775
Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
Overall: 5 1/8 x 5 1/8 x 1/4 in. ( 13 x 13 x 0.6 cm )
Description
Tin-glazed earthenware tile with painted blue and white decoration; buff-colored body with white glaze; circular rondel with landscape scene with man with staff leading a cow with a "V" of birds in the sky; ox-head corner motifs (tile same as Z.773i).
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Bayard Verplank
Object Number
Z.773j
Marks
written: on reverse; "Joseph J. Jackson House"
Gallery Label
These tiles are from a fireplace in the Judge Joseph I. Jackson House at the corner of Jackson Ave. and Main St., Fishkill, NY. The house, which at one time was called the "Colonial Inn," was still standing in 1953.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
