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Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1880-1910

GUSN

GUSN-35713

Description

Square, decorative ceramic tille; white background, blue print of the Massachusetts State House in 1818, cows in foreground, men and a man with a wheelbarrow in the midground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

tile
earthenware
ceramic tile
glaze
earthenware
ceramic tile
glaze
Boston State House
Tile

Inscription

"State House Boston 1818" (front) (printed)
"PUBLISHED BY/ MACULLAR PARKER & COMPANY"/ "MINTON/ CHINA WORKS/ STOKE ON TRENT/ MADE IN ENGLAND" (impressed)
"STOKE UPON TRENT/ WALBROOK LONDON/ MINTON" (in and around circle with globe in center with "minton" across) (stamped)

Associated Building

Subject Boston State House,

People and Organizations

Minton

Maker

Minton (Maker)

Location of Origin

England

Dimensions

6 x 6 x 1/4 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Henry P. Spaulding

Accession Number

1933.541

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Brookline (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)
Massachusetts (United States)
London (Greater London, England, United Kingdom)

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