Tile
Classification:
Date:
1640-1670
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 x 5 x 3/8 in. ( 12.7 x 12.7 x 1 cm )
Description:
Tin-glazed earthenware tile with reddish-buff colored body, gray-white glaze, and painted polychrome decoration; tulip growing from bulb in diamond-shaped frame with saw-tooth edge and curls at each point, fleur-de-lis corner motifs; pin holes on lower left and upper right corners; concrete or plaster on reverse.
Object Number:
INV.908bb
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1670
eMuseum Object ID:
26255
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tile
Classification:
Date:
1640-1670
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/4 x 5 1/8 x 7/8 in. ( 13.3 x 13 x 2.2 cm )
Description:
Tin-glazed earthenware tile with reddish buff colored body, gray-white glaze, and painted polychrome decoration; double snake's-head in diamond-shaped frame with saw-tooth edge at center and fleur-de-lis in each corner; pin holes at upper left and lower right corners; plaster affixed to lower edge, and concrete affixed to back.
Object Number:
Z.843
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1670
eMuseum Object ID:
26254
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tile
Classification:
Date:
1640-1670
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/4 x 5 3/8 x 1 in. ( 10.8 x 13.7 x 2.5 cm )
Description:
Tin-glazed earthenware tile with buff colored body, gray-white glaze, and painted polychrome decoration; double snake's-head in diamond-shaped frame with saw-tooth edge at center and fleur-de-lis in each upper corner; cut down, with concrete affixed to back.
Object Number:
Z.842
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1670
eMuseum Object ID:
26253
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tile
Classification:
Date:
1640-1670
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 3/4 x 4 7/8 x 3/8 in. ( 12.1 x 12.4 x 1 cm )
Description:
Tin-glazed earthenware tile with buff colored body, gray-white glaze, and painted polychrome decoration; double snake's-head in diamond-shaped frame with saw-tooth edge at center and fleur-de-lis in each corner; pin holes at lower left and upper right corners.
Object Number:
Z.841
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1670
eMuseum Object ID:
26252
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tile
Classification:
Date:
1640-1670
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 1/2 in. ( 14 x 14 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Tin-glazed earthenware tile with buff colored body, gray-white glaze, and painted polychrome decoration; double snake's-head in diamond-shaped frame with saw-tooth edge at center and fleur-de-lis in each corner; pin holes at upper left and lower right corners; plaster affixed to sides.
Object Number:
Z.840
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1670
eMuseum Object ID:
26251
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tile
Classification:
Date:
1640-1670
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 7/8 x 5 1/2 x 1/2 in. ( 9.8 x 14 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Tin-glazed earthenware tile with buff colored body, gray-white glaze, and painted polychrome decoration; double snake's-head in diamond-shaped frame with saw-tooth edge at center and fleur-de-lis in each upper corner; cut down, with plaster affixed to right side.
Object Number:
Z.839
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1670
eMuseum Object ID:
26250
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tile
Classification:
Date:
1640-1670
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 x 5 x 3/8 in. ( 12.7 x 12.7 x 1 cm )
Description:
Tin-glazed earthenware tile with reddish-buff colored body, gray-white glaze, and painted polychrome decoration; tulip growing from bulb in diamond-shaped frame with saw-tooth edge and curls at each point, fleur-de-lis corner motifs; pin holes on lower left and upper right corners; tile broken and repaired; concrete or plaster on reverse.
Object Number:
INV.908z
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1670
eMuseum Object ID:
26249
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tile
Classification:
Date:
1640-1670
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 x 5 7/8 x 1 in. ( 10.2 x 14.9 x 2.5 cm )
Description:
Tin-glazed earthenware tile with buff colored body, gray-white glaze, and painted polychrome decoration; double snake's-head in diamond-shaped frame with saw-tooth edge at center and fleur-de-lis in each upper corner; cut down, with concrete affixed to right side and to back.
Object Number:
Z.838
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1670
eMuseum Object ID:
26248
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tile
Classification:
Date:
1640-1670
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/8 x 5 x 1/2 in. ( 13 x 12.7 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Tin-glazed earthenware tile with buff-colored body, bluish-white glaze, and painted polychrome deocration; tulip growing from bulb in diamond-shaped frame with saw-tooth edge and curls at each point, fleur-de-lis corner corner motifs; pin-holes in upper left and lower right corners.
Object Number:
Z.776
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1670
eMuseum Object ID:
26238
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tile
Classification:
Date:
1725-1775
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/8 x 5 1/8 x 1/4 in. ( 13 x 13 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Tin-glazed earthenware tile with painted blue and white decoration; buff-colored body with bluish-white glaze; rondel with scene of three figures in landscape, one on left with a halo, one in center kneeling, and one on right with hat, possibly Christ healing the blind (John ch. 9 v. 5); ox-head corner motifs; tile broken with restoration and infill on left side.
Credit Line:
Gift of George W. W. Houghton
Object Number:
INV.8787q
Gallery Label:
According to a label on the box in which these tiles were found, this tile comes from the William Walton House, at 326 Pearl (formerly Queen) Street, NYC, erected in 1752 and demolished in 1881. The tile was given to the N-YHS in 1881 or 1882. At least two different sets of tiles survive; one with a purple arabesque design and another with blue and white biblical scenes and several other unrelated designs.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1775
eMuseum Object ID:
26236
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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