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1700-1833
GUSN-6069
Hand-painted Dutch scene in blue and white; center scene contains building, sailboats, ducks/geese and bridge; stylized palm-like leaves extend from corners on border; leaves are connected by elongated C-scroll.
tile
earthenware
painting (image-making)
hand-painted
palm leaf
glazing (coating)
tin glaze
tin (metal)
bridges (built works)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
ducks (birds)
palm leaf
sailboats
Earthenware
Tin Glazed
Painted
Sailboat
Duck
Bridge
Palm
TILE
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Unknown
Holland; England
5 x 5 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.1129
Probably
Possibly
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