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Tile

Dateca. 1750

Probably by Redcliff Back Pottery

OriginEngland, Bristol

MediumTin-glazed earthenware (delft / delftware)

DimensionsOH: 1/4"; OL: 5 1/4"; OW: 5 1/4" (without clipped edge); OW: 5 1/8" (clipped edge).

Credit LineGift of Robert R. Hunter, Jr.

Object number2022-257

DescriptionTile: square tile with slightly canted sides; the face covered in tin glaze and painted in mauve or pink manganese with a central scene of a smoking bottle kiln or bottle oven rising between two ancillary two-story structures amidst a fenced and hilly landscape, all within two concentric circles; each of the four corners of the tile painted with a single leafy flower sprig (flowerhead corner); the reverse of the tile clean, dry, and unglazed revealing four small pinholes, one at each corner.
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MarkingsOn the reverse, four small pinholes, one at each corner.