Tile

Date1730 - 1760

MediumTin-glazed earthenware (Delft / Delftware)

DimensionsDiam: 4 7/8"

Credit LineGift of Jan Tomlinson

Object number2008-3,3

DescriptionTin-glazed earthenware tile decorated with cobalt blue over-glaze painted ornament in the center of the tile. The decoration comprised of a bird flying towards a tree branch with its legs outstretched as though ready to land.
ProvenanceAccording to the donor, these tiles were given to her mother during the 1960's by a man named Mr. Bailey who worked in Williamsburg. He helped demolish old houses in Williamsburg and these tiles came from a fireplace somewhere in Williamsburg. The backs of these pieces have concrete on them that dates to the 1940s so they were likely not removed from an original eighteenth-century location.