Collection Highlights
Carolina Parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis), Havell plate no. 26
Date:
c. 1825
Object Number:
1863.17.26
Medium:
Watercolor, graphite, pastel, gouache, and black ink with scraping and selective glazing on paper, laid on card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Tiles (26)
Object Number:
Z.773a-aa
Date:
1750-1780
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
each: 6 3/8 x 5 1/8 x 1/4 in. ( 16.2 x 13 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Set of 26 tin-glazed earthenware tile with painted blue and white decoration; buff-colored body with white glaze; one set of 22 tiles (a-w) has landscape scenes in a circular framw with ox-head corner motifs; one set of 3 tiles (x-z) has landscape scenes in an elaborate scroll border (the "Louis XV border"); and one tile (aa) is probably Dutch, and has a landscape scene with spider's head corner motifs; some tiles broken and restored with infill.
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.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Bayard Verplank
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
