Tile

Dateca. 1750

MediumTin-glazed earthenware (delft / delftware)

Dimensions5 1/8" square

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1989-173

DescriptionSquare tile with canted sides. Bluish tin glaze decorated in rust, green, and blue with a large vase of flowers; dotted flower-head corners. Pinhead marks in upper left and lower right corners.
Label TextA privately owned tile with this combination of vase and corner design is decorated entirely in manganese. This tile is one of a known series of six. A fragment of a tile with the same corner and similar flowers was found in London by F. H. Garner.
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ProvenanceJonathan Horne (Antiques) Ltd., London

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