Flower Brick

Item Information

Title:
Flower Brick
Description:
English delftware flower brick, of rectangular 'brick' shape with sunken top fitted with multiple holes outlined in blue, all sides decorated wtih chinoiserie-style landscape scenes executed in underglaze cobalt blue.
Date:
1750–1760
Format:
Objects/Artifacts
Genre:
earthenware
molding (forming)
glazing (coating process)
tin glaze
underglazing
tin (metal)
vases
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
Digitized Museum Collections
Subjects:
Chinoiserie
Earthenware
Tin Glazed
Molded
Underglazed
Places:
Massachusetts > Essex (county) > Essex
Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.)
Extent:
2.5 in. x 4.5 in. (H x W)
Link to Item:
http://gusn.us/3162
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Notes:
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
Accession #:
1991.1343
Identifier:
3162