Tile

Mueller Mosaic Company

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

Mueller Mosaic Company. Tile, ca. 1910. Terracotta, 4 x 4 x 5/8 in. (10.2 x 10.2 x 1.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, H. Randolph Lever Fund, 1989.23.3. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Tile

Date

ca. 1910

Geography

Place manufactured: Trenton, New Jersey, United States

Medium

Terracotta

Classification

Ceramic

Dimensions

4 x 4 x 5/8 in. (10.2 x 10.2 x 1.6 cm)

Signatures

no signature

Inscriptions

no inscriptions

Markings

The paper label adhered to tile back reads: (with each entry within four flags) "FAIENCE / M / M / CO" and "MUELLER MOSAIC CO. / TRENTON, N.J." and "SAMPLE OF / HAND-MADE / FAIENCE TILE / Des. No. 4x4 Col. 170/ . An excellent Material For Exterior / or Interior Mural Decoration / Made in standard --------d color / this tile is frost (missing)". In pencil (script) is "Galassi" (top) and indistinct script (bottom).

Credit Line

H. Randolph Lever Fund

Accession Number

1989.23.3

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