Flower brick

Dateca. 1760

MediumTin-glazed earthenware (delft)

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1937-182,2

DescriptionRectangular straight sided container with a large shaped hole and twelve small round holes in a slightly recessed top. Blue tin glaze decorated in blue with scenes of two figures in a European landscape. Holes outlined with dots.
Label TextThe unusual shape of the central hole is probably the result of damage caused before the first firing. A London square brick in the Bristol Museum has the same scene.
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MarkingsNo
ProvenanceGuitel Montague, New York