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Tile

Manufacturer: Providential Tile Works
Culture: American
Medium: Glazed earthenware
Place Manufactured: Trenton, New Jersey, USA
Dates: 1895
Dimensions: diameter: 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm)
Collections: Decorative Arts
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 43.128.68
Credit Line: Gift of Arthur W. Clement
Image: Front, 43.128.68_front_bw_SL1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: Molded circular tile with profile of female head facing proper right. Elaborate hairdo entwined with double strand of beads; all-over mottled amber/cream glaze

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