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Tile

Designer: Hugh C. Robertson, American, 1844-1908
Medium: Glazed earthenware
Place Manufactured: Chelsea, Massachusetts, USA
Dates: 1879
Dimensions: 6 1/8 x 6 1/8 in. (15.6 x 15.6 cm)
Markings: On back: "Chelsea Keramic / Art Works / Robertson & Sons"
Signature: no signature
Inscriptions: no inscriptions
Collections: Decorative Arts
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 43.128.179
Credit Line: Gift of Arthur W. Clement
Image: Overall, 43.128.179_view2_acetate_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: Tile, glazed earthenware. Decorative type, square shape, yellow green ground, bird in relief with spread wings.

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