Tile
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1800-1900
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/8 x 5 x 1/4 in. ( 13 x 12.7 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Tin-glazed earthenware tile with blue and white decoration; buff-colored body with grayish-white glaze with pin-pricks at lower left and upper right; vase with three stylized flowers in circular frame with chinoiserie lattice corner motifs; chip on lower right corner.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number:
Z.723
Gallery Label:
This object was once part of the folk art collection of Elie Nadelman (1882-1946), the avant-garde sculptor. From 1924 to 1934, Nadelman's collection was displayed in his Museum of Folk Arts, located in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. The Historical Society purchased Nadelman's entire collection in 1937.
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
25429
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.8787g
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 NYHS 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:
25406
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.8787f
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 NYHS 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:
25403
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 for missing pieces.
Credit Line:
Gift of George W. W. Houghton
Object Number:
INV.8787e
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 NYHS 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:
25400
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 for missing pieces.
Credit Line:
Gift of George W. W. Houghton
Object Number:
INV.8787d
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 NYHS 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:
25398
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tile
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1800-1900
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 blue and white decoration; buff-colored body with grayish-white glaze with pin-pricks at lower left and upper right; vase with three stylized flowers in circular frame with chinoiserie lattice corner motifs.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number:
Z.722
Gallery Label:
This object was once part of the folk art collection of Elie Nadelman (1882-1946), the avant-garde sculptor. From 1924 to 1934, Nadelman's collection was displayed in his Museum of Folk Arts, located in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. The Historical Society purchased Nadelman's entire collection in 1937.
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
25392
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tile
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1650-1750
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 3/4 x 5 x 3/8 in. ( 12.1 x 12.7 x 1 cm )
Description:
Tin-glazed earthenware tile with blue and white decoration; buff-colored body with pinkish-white glaze with pin-prick at upper left; image of winged fish on water, with spider-head corner motifs; vertical crack down center.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number:
Z.725
Gallery Label:
This object was once part of the folk art collection of Elie Nadelman (1882-1946), the avant-garde sculptor. From 1924 to 1934, Nadelman's collection was displayed in his Museum of Folk Arts, located in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. The Historical Society purchased Nadelman's entire collection in 1937.
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1750
eMuseum Object ID:
25389
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tile
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1650-1700
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 x 5 1/8 x 3/8 in. ( 12.7 x 13 x 1 cm )
Description:
Tin-glazed earthenware tile with blue and white decoration; buff-colored body with grayish-white glaze with pin-pricks at lower left and upper right; image of a cupid riding a dophin holding a flaming bowl, with an ox-head corner motif; the glaze is bubbled from too much heat in the kiln.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number:
Z.724
Gallery Label:
Cupid, the son of Venus and the messanger of love, rides a dolphin, an attribute of Venus, and holds a flaming bowl, a symbol of sacred love (see publications).
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1700
eMuseum Object ID:
25388
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mold
Classification:
Date:
1820-1860
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 5/8 x 5 1/8 x 5 3/4 in. ( 6.7 x 13 x 14.6 cm )
Description:
Molded white clay bodied oblong bowl-shaped jelly mold with fluted sides with canted corners, central stylized pineapple, transparent glaze (yellowware).
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Isabella Vaché Cox
Object Number:
1933.213
Marks:
impressed: on base: "No 4/5"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
25385
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 for missing pieces.
Credit Line:
Gift of George W. W. Houghton
Object Number:
INV.8787c
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 NYHS 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:
25361
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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