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Tile, Fireplace

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Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1881

GUSN

GUSN-53852

Description

Square, green glazed decorative ceramic tile; relief depicts profile of an old couple.

Details

Descriptive Terms

tile
earthenware
ceramic tile
earthenware
Tile, Fireplace

Inscription

"THE FIRST LOVE" (front) (Molded)
"J/ OA" (front right bottom) (Molded)
"J & J.G. LOW,/ PATENT/ ART TILE WORKS/ CHELSEA,/ MASS. U.S.A./ COPYRIGHT 1881 by J & J.G. LOW" (impressed)

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

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

Credit Line

Gift of William Sumner Appleton

Accession Number

1944.686

Places

New Bedford (Bristol county, Massachusetts)
Massachusetts (United States)
Chelsea (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

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