Tile
Dateca. 1775
MediumTin-glazed earthenware (Delft / Delftware)
Dimensions5 3/16" x 5 3/16" (13cm x 13 cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1997-90
DescriptionA square tile with canted edges and a bluish-white tin glaze. Decorated in blue with a European landscape consisting of a building next to the sea with a ship off to one side in the background. Stylized corner decorations of bee's head or spider's head design consisting of five dark blue dots connected by thin lines in a circular pattern with straight lines extending out from the center.ProvenancePurchased by Ivor Noel Hume during the 1970s? and used around the fireplace in the James Anderson House. Removed from James Anderson House fireplace during alterations to building in September 1995.
ca. 1775
ca. 1775
ca. 1775
ca. 1775
ca. 1775
ca. 1775
ca. 1775
1790-1791
Late 18th, early 19th century
Probably 1845-1850
ca. 1800
June 30, 1814 (dated)