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Collection Type

  • Relics and souvenirs

Date

1888

GUSN

GUSN-52823

Description

Square, decorative ceramic tile; white with blue transfer print of the Hancock House.

Details

Descriptive Terms

tile
earthenware
ceramic tile
earthenware
ceramic tile
glaze
Commemorative
Tile

Inscription

" "Old/ Hancock House"/ Beacon Street/ Boston./ Erected 1737 Demolished 1863." (front) (printed)
"B/ PUBLISHED BY/ MACULLAR PARKER COMPANY/ B" (printed)

Associated Building

Subject John Hancock House (Boston, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

6 x 6 x 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift from Miss Mandayman Stevens

Accession Number

1941.1641

Places

Beacon Hill (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Newport (Rhode Island island, Newport county, Rhode Island)
Rhode Island (United States)

Related Items

Title Tile Accession Number 1920.760
Title Tile Accession Number 1922.704

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