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Culture:English
Title:flower brick
Date Made:1735-1745
Type:Household Accessory; Container
Materials:ceramic: tin-glazed earthenware decorated in cobalt blue
Place Made:United Kingdom; England
Measurements:overall: 2 7/8 x 5 5/16 x 2 1/4 in.; 6.985 x 13.335 x 5.715 cm
Accession Number:  HD 2035
Credit Line:Gift of Henry N. Flynt and Helen Geier Flynt
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield
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Description:
English delft flower brick decorated in blue, originally used to display flower arrangements. Flowers were commonly used room decorations in the 17th and 18th centuries, and were displayed in flower bricks (usually a pair), vases, pots, and bowls. This brick is a rectangular closed container with 18 round, small holes and large round circle banded in blue.

Subjects:
Pottery; glaze (coating by location)

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