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Set of tiles forming fireplace surround. Glossy finish black square tiles with over glaze enamel hand-painted scenic decoration over all seventeen tiles. Features cranes in marsh at bottom with rushes, foliage, etc. Ivy motif at each upper corner; palms and insects at center.
fireproofing tile
earthenware
rush (material)
Arts and Crafts (movement)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
cranes (birds)
insect
floral patterns
flowers (plants)
rush (material)
Earthenware
Arts and Crafts
Crane
Insect
Ivy
Rush
TILE, FIREPLACE
Original to Roseland Cottage (Woodstock, Conn.),
Probably Minton (Maker)
37.75 x 42.125 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Margaret Carson Holt
1970.724
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