Collections: Decorative Arts: Vox Stellarum Tile and Frame

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Vox Stellarum Tile and Frame

• Manufacturers: J. & J. G. Low Art Tile Works, 1877-1907; (of frame) Attributed to Magee Art Castings Company (Chelsea, Massachusetts), for J. G. & J. F. Low
• Designer: Arthur Osborne, 19th century
• Medium: Glazed earthenware, cast iron
• Place Made: Chelsea, Massachusetts, USA
• Dates: Tile copyright: 1881; Frame copyright: 1883
• Dimensions: (a) Tile: 6 1/8 x 6 1/8 x 7/16 in. (15.6 x 15.6 x 1.1 cm) (b) Frame: 10 3/8 x 10 3/8 x 1 in. (26.4 x 26.4 x 2.5 cm)
• Markings: (a) Tile: impressed on back, "J. & J. G. LOW, / PATENT / ART TILE WORKS / CHELSEA / MASS, USA / COPYRIGHT 1881 J. & J. G. LOW" (b) Frame: molded on back, proper left "COPYRIGHT 1883 BY J G & J F LOW"; and proper right, "LOW"
• Collections: Decorative Arts
• Museum Location: This item is on view in American Identities: A New Look, Making Art: Centennial Era, 5th Floor
• Accession Number: 1994.56a-b
• Credit Line: Marie Bernice Bitzer Fund
• Image: Front, 1994.56A_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
J. & J. G. Low Art Tile Works (1877-1907). Vox Stellarum Tile and Frame, Tile copyright: 1881; Frame copyright: 1883. Glazed earthenware, cast iron, (a) Tile: 6 1/8 x 6 1/8 x 7/16 in. (15.6 x 15.6 x 1.1 cm) (b) Frame: 10 3/8 x 10 3/8 x 1 in. (26.4 x 26.4 x 2.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Marie Bernice Bitzer Fund, 1994.56a-b (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1994.56A_bw.jpg)
• Catalogue Description: Tile and frame. (a) Tile, glazed earthenware, blue-green. Bust-length male facing proper left and gazing upward, shoulder length hair, hat with large brim folded up and large collar. (b) Frame, cast iron with patination. Repeated symmetrical leaf motif surrounds raised opening. Elaborate scrolling leaf motif at each corner. Outer frame with band of regularized repeated circle-in-circle motif. Back of frame with diamond shaped brace securing tile with screw and nut above and below. One old and one new wire for hanging. Across tile top: "VOX STELLARUM". "A" in circle lower proper left (monogram for Arthur Osborne). Condition: Very Good. Conservation report on file.