Collection Highlights
Badge of the Society of the Cincinnati
ca. 1802
1972.12ab
Silk, gold, enamel
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Tile
Object name
Tile
Date
1750-1780
Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
Overall: 5 x 2 3/4 x 1/4 in. ( 12.7 x 7 x 0.6 cm )
Description
Fragment of tin-glazed earthenware tile with painted blue and white decoration; buff-colored body with bluish-white glaze; elaborate border with feathered quarter-flowers in the corners and elaborate foliate scrolls (the "Louis XV border") frames octagonal landscape scene with church towers; left half of tile gone.
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Bayard Verplank
Object Number
Z.773z