Tile
Classification:
Date:
1750-1780
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/2 x 5 x 1/4 in. ( 6.4 x 12.7 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Fragment of tin-glazed earthenware tile with painted blue and white decoration; buff-colored body with bluish-white glaze; elaborate border with feathered quarter-flowers in the corners and elaborate foliate scrolls (the "Louis XV border") frames octagonal landscape scene with ship in background and tower in forground; bottom half of tile gone.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Bayard Verplank
Object Number:
Z.773y
Gallery Label:
These tiles are from a fireplace in the Judge Joseph I. Jackson House at the corner of Jackson Ave. and Main St., Fishkill, NY. The house, which at one time was called the "Colonial Inn," was still standing in 1953.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1780
eMuseum Object ID:
26168
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tile
Classification:
Date:
1750-1780
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 x 5 x 1/4 in. ( 12.7 x 12.7 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Tin-glazed earthenware tile with painted blue and white decoration; buff-colored body with bluish-white glaze; elaborate border with diapering and foliate scrolls (the "Louis XV border with diaper corners") frames octagonal landscape scene with two gothic buidldings separated by a bridge with a ship's mast in the background; right edge chipped.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Bayard Verplank
Object Number:
Z.773x
Gallery Label:
These tiles are from a fireplace in the Judge Joseph I. Jackson House at the corner of Jackson Ave. and Main St., Fishkill, NY. The house, which at one time was called the "Colonial Inn," was still standing in 1953.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1780
eMuseum Object ID:
26167
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tile
Classification:
Date:
1750-1775
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 7/8 x 5 x 1/4 in. ( 12.4 x 12.7 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Tin-glazed earthenware tile with painted blue and white decoration; buff-colored body with white glaze; circular rondel with landscape scene with figure on hordeback; ox-head corner motifs (tile same as Z.773u and v); tile broken and restored with lower half made of infill.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Bayard Verplank
Object Number:
Z.773w
Gallery Label:
These tiles are from a fireplace in the Judge Joseph I. Jackson House at the corner of Jackson Ave. and Main St., Fishkill, NY. The house, which at one time was called the "Colonial Inn," was still standing in 1953.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1775
eMuseum Object ID:
26165
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tile
Classification:
Date:
1750-1775
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 white glaze; circular rondel with landscape scene with figure on hordeback; ox-head corner motifs (tile same as Z.773u and w); tile broken and restored with some patches of infill.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Bayard Verplank
Object Number:
Z.773v
Gallery Label:
These tiles are from a fireplace in the Judge Joseph I. Jackson House at the corner of Jackson Ave. and Main St., Fishkill, NY. The house, which at one time was called the "Colonial Inn," was still standing in 1953.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1775
eMuseum Object ID:
26164
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tile
Classification:
Date:
1750-1775
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 x 5 1/8 x 1/4 in. ( 12.7 x 13 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Tin-glazed earthenware tile with painted blue and white decoration; buff-colored body with white glaze; circular rondel with landscape scene with figure on hordeback; ox-head corner motifs (tile same as Z.773v and w); tile broken and restored with some patches of infill.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Bayard Verplank
Object Number:
Z.773u
Gallery Label:
These tiles are from a fireplace in the Judge Joseph I. Jackson House at the corner of Jackson Ave. and Main St., Fishkill, NY. The house, which at one time was called the "Colonial Inn," was still standing in 1953.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1775
eMuseum Object ID:
26163
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tile
Classification:
Date:
1750-1775
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 white glaze; circular rondel with landscape scene with castle on river bank with bridge; ox-head corner motifs (tile same as Z.773p-t).
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Bayard Verplank
Object Number:
Z.773t
Gallery Label:
These tiles are from a fireplace in the Judge Joseph I. Jackson House at the corner of Jackson Ave. and Main St., Fishkill, NY. The house, which at one time was called the "Colonial Inn," was still standing in 1953.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1775
eMuseum Object ID:
26162
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tile
Classification:
Date:
1750-1775
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 5/8 x 5 1/8 x 1/4 in. ( 11.7 x 13 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Tin-glazed earthenware tile with painted blue and white decoration; buff-colored body with white glaze; circular rondel with landscape scene with castle on river bank with bridge; ox-head corner motifs (tile same as Z.773p-t).
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Bayard Verplank
Object Number:
Z.773s
Gallery Label:
These tiles are from a fireplace in the Judge Joseph I. Jackson House at the corner of Jackson Ave. and Main St., Fishkill, NY. The house, which at one time was called the "Colonial Inn," was still standing in 1953.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1775
eMuseum Object ID:
26161
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tile
Classification:
Date:
1750-1775
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 3/4 x 5 1/8 x 1/4 in. ( 12.1 x 13 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Tin-glazed earthenware tile with painted blue and white decoration; buff-colored body with white glaze; circular rondel with landscape scene with castle on river bank with bridge and swan; ox-head corner motifs (tile same as Z.773p-t).
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Bayard Verplank
Object Number:
Z.773r
Gallery Label:
These tiles are from a fireplace in the Judge Joseph I. Jackson House at the corner of Jackson Ave. and Main St., Fishkill, NY. The house, which at one time was called the "Colonial Inn," was still standing in 1953.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1775
eMuseum Object ID:
26160
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tile
Classification:
Date:
1700-1750
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 x 5 x 1/4 in. ( 12.7 x 12.7 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Tin-glazed earthenware tile with painted purple decoration; buff-colored body with powdered manganese ground with arabesque pattern with foliate scrolls with two small birds in white; individual tile forms one-quarter of design; tile broken and restored with infill and now in multiple pieces.
Credit Line:
Gift of George W. W. Houghton
Object Number:
INV.8787k
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:
1750
eMuseum Object ID:
26157
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tile
Classification:
Date:
1700-1750
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 x 5 x 1/4 in. ( 12.7 x 12.7 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Tin-glazed earthenware tile with painted purple decoration; buff-colored body with powdered manganese ground with arabesque pattern with foliate scrolls with two small birds in white; individual tile forms one-quarter of design; tile broken and restored with infill and now in multiple pieces.
Credit Line:
Gift of George W. W. Houghton
Object Number:
INV.8787j
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:
1750
eMuseum Object ID:
26155
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.










