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Culture:English
Title:tile: hawk perched on bough
Date Made:1755-1775
Type:Architectural Element; Household Accessory
Materials:ceramic: tin-glazed earthenware decorated in antimony yellow, cobalt blue, iron red, manganese purple, and green; wood: oak
Place Made:United Kingdom; England; Liverpool
Measurements:framed - 6 1/4 x 6 1/4 x 3/4 in.; 15.875 x 15.875 x 1.905 cm; tile - 4 7/8 x 4 7/8 in.
Accession Number:  HD 91.166
Credit Line:Museum Collections Fund
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield
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Description:
English delft tile of a hawk with its head facing over its back and perched on a bough, which is decorated in Fazackerly colors of dull green, yellow, blue, orange, and purple/brown and set in a modern oak frame. According to the donor: "Ray 377 is same but has bianco sopra bianco. From Tuckerman House, Amhurst, Ma. but eventually back from a house in New London, Conn. cracked in two, framed. 131:7. Bristol c.1765."

Subjects:
Pottery; glaze (coating by location)

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