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Tile

Maker: Providential Tile Works
Medium: Earthenware
Place Manufactured: Trenton, New Jersey, USA
Dates: 1895
Dimensions: 5 5/16 x 5 5/16 in. (13.5 x 13.5 cm)
Markings: On back: "Providential / Tile Works / Trenton / NJ / Design C 308 in a circle"
Collections: Decorative Arts
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 43.128.67
Credit Line: Gift of Arthur W. Clement
Image: Overall, 43.128.67_acetate_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: Tile, white earthenware. Square shape with relief decoration of flowers and two cupids, covered with a lead glaze of pink color, surface crazed. Condition: Edges slightly nicked.

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