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Commemorative Tile

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

ca. 1944

GUSN

GUSN-6311

Description

White glaze over white clay body; screen printed blue decoration of the front and side view of the house, with caption; pale blue felt backing with cloth reinforced cardboard hanger on back.

Details

Descriptive Terms

tile
earthenware
ironstone (pottery)
screen printing
architecture (object genre)
architectural elements
Earthenware
Ironstone
Architecture
Silk Screened
TILE

Inscription

""MOFFATT-LADD HOUSE/1894 Colonial Dames of New Hampshire 1944""

Associated Building

Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

6 x 6 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Ralph May

Accession Number

1971.1220

Places

New Hampshire (United States)

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