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Fireplace Tile

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Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1700-1760

GUSN

GUSN-28413

Description

Square decorative ceramic fireplace tile; white background with blue painted scene depicting Jesus preaching to a young man seated on a rock uner a tree.

Details

Descriptive Terms

tile
earthenware
ceramic tile
earthenware
ceramic tile
glaze
tin glaze
Bible
Christ
Tin Glazed
Tile, Fireplace

Associated Building

Original To Cooper-Frost-Austin House (Cambridge, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

5 x 5 x 1/4 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Museum Accession

Accession Number

1918.1280

Places

Cambridge (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Probably Minnesota (United States)
Massachusetts (United States)
Probably Delft (Cottonwood county, Minnesota)

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