Tile

• Artist: Mueller Mosaic Company (Maker)
• Medium: Glazed terra-cotta
• Geographical Location: Trenton, New Jersey, USA
• Dates: ca. 1910
• Dimensions: 4 x 4 x 5/8 in. (10.2 x 10.2 x 1.6 cm)
• Markings: The paper label adhered to tile back reads: (with each entry within four flags) "FAIENCE / M / M / CO" and "MUELLER MOSAIC CO. / TRENTON, N.J." and "SAMPLE OF / HAND-MADE / FAIENCE TILE / Des. No. 4x4 Col. 170/ . An excellent Material For Exterior / or Interior Mural Decoration / Made in standard --------d color / this tile is frost (missing)". In pencil (script) is "Galassi" (top) and indistinct script (bottom).
• Signature: no signature
• Inscriptions: no inscriptions
• Collection: Decorative Arts
• Museum Location: Brooklyn Museum, BMA, 5Q12-LUCE, Unit 43, Dwr. B
• Accession Number: 1989.23.3
• Image: 1989.23.3_PS2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, Nov 30, 2007

Catalogue Description:
Terra cotta tile with matte green glaze, square-shaped over-glaze painted ducks. Ducks are designed in diagonal formation from top left corner to center. Each fowl has a white body with gray outstretched wings, green and white heads. Condition: Good; some of paper label missing and two words missing or partially missing. Edges of the tile appear slightly irregular; however these irregular surfaces are not chips but rather coarse particles of grog.