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Tile Souvenir

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Collection Type

  • Relics and souvenirs

Date

1865

GUSN

GUSN-287677

Description

Framed tile souvenir. Carved wooden plaque frames a small oval tile with printed image of the Hancock House in orange and white. Below the oval tile is a square blue and white tile with a painted image of a windmill.

Details

Descriptive Terms

souvenirs
oak (wood)
earthenware
Tile

Associated Building

Associated With John Hancock House (Boston, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

765.1

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

Boston, MA

Dimensions

19 x 14 1/2 x 2 3/4 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Dr. David H. Wegman

Accession Number

2013.92.1

Places

Beacon Hill (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Probably

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