Fireplace tiles

Item Information

Title:
Fireplace tiles
Description:
Set of 21 Dutch-Delftware fireplace tiles; 5 inch square; hand-painted in manganese purple on white ground w/ figures and/or buildings in a landscape; scenes w/in quatrefoil shape of 4 lines and w/ partial-floral corners.
Date:
1740–1770
Format:
Objects/Artifacts
Genre:
delftware
painting (image-making)
hand-painted
pressing
glazing (coating process)
tin glaze
tin (metal)
fireproofing tile
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
Digitized Museum Collections
Subjects:
Delftware
Tin Glazed
Pressed
Painted
Places:
Massachusetts > Essex (county) > Newbury
Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.)
Extent:
5 in. x 5 in. (H x W)
Link to Item:
http://gusn.us/50790
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Notes:
Bequest of Amelia W. Little
Accession #:
1986.348
Identifier:
50790