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Tile

Tile
Object name 
Tile
Date 
1750-1775
Medium 
Earthenware
Dimensions 
Overall: 4 7/8 x 5 x 1/4 in. ( 12.4 x 12.7 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 figure on hordeback; ox-head corner motifs (tile same as Z.773u and v); tile broken and restored with lower half made of infill.
Credit Line 
Gift of Mrs. Bayard Verplank