Description:
The Dutch craze for tiles in the home as objects of both utility and decoration – as a building material tiles reduced fire risk, kept out the damp and were an easy surface to keep clean - resulted in the establishment of factories not only in Delft, but throughout Holland to satisfy a constantly increasing demand. Square tile, composed of tin glazed earthenware, unglazed on underside or back, decoration on top in polychrome colors, image is of a stork, heron, or crane standing on one leg, the other out stretched, bird has a small green twig? or worm in its beak, there are blue scrolls (or stylized oxen heads) in each corner. Ex. Coll. Rachel and Reginald French. Condition: small chip on left corner and chip on underside, glaze is crackled on the surface
Subjects:
Pottery; glaze (coating by location); polychrome Link to share this object record:
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