
Tile
- Artist: International Tile Company (Manufacturer)
- Medium: Earthenware
- Geographical Location: Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Dates: ca. 1885
- Dimensions: 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. (1.3 x 11.4 x 11.4 cm)
- Markings: Incised letters on front of tile, upper left corner: "L / C F"; lower left corner: "L / SI / OP"
Impressed on back: "ITCo / B I W [in pretzel] / BNY"
- Signature: no signature
- Inscriptions: no inscriptions
- Collection: Decorative Arts
- Museum Location: Brooklyn Museum, BMA, 5Q12-LUCE, Unit 36, Shelf N
- Accession Number: 85.106.2
- Image: 85.106.2_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 0,
Catalogue Description:
Square, glazed earthenware tile impressed with profile face of woman facing right. Medium green glaze pools around features of face to give darker green color.
CONDITION: Chips along rear edges. Glaze crazed throughout and discolored. Some scratches and small nicks to glaze, glaze chipped at lower lip of figure.
