Tile
Decorative Arts and Design
MEDIUM
Glazed earthenware
DATES
ca. 1881
DIMENSIONS
4 1/4 x 4 1/4 x 3/8 in. (10.8 x 10.8 x 1 cm)
MARKINGS
Impressed on reverse: "J. & J. G. LOW/ PATENT ART TILE/ WORKS/ CHELSEA/ MASS./ U.S.A."; "COPYRIGHT 1881 by J. & J. G. LOW"
ACCESSION NUMBER
2003.33.7
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Rosemarie Haag Bletter and Martin Filler
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Square with molded decoration with blue-green high glaze. Geometric interlocking Near Eastern design with tear-drop shapes through center. Two opposite corners have one-quarter focal roundel motif, which, when multiple tiles installed, would from whole roundels. Reverse, one each side, two parallel impressed lines frame mark.
CONDITION: Some wear and scratches on raised areas; chip on corner; traces of white paint [?] on opposite corner.
MUSEUM LOCATION
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