Collection Highlights
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
Date:
1805
Object Number:
1867.306
Medium:
Oil on linen
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Tile
Object Number:
INV.8792a
Date:
1700-1750
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
overall: 5 x 5 x 1/4 in.
Marks:
written: on reverse, ""Presented by/ S. Alofsen/ Dec 1864"
Description:
Tin-glazed earthenware tile with purple, blue, and white painted decoration; buff-colored body with pin-holes at upper left and lower right; octagonal frame containing blue-and-white scene of a shepherd in a landscape, on spattered purple ground with three-petal flower corner motifs; upper right corner broken off.
Gallery Label:
The early date at which this tile entered the NYHS collection suggests that it may have been from a NY house.
Credit Line:
Gift of S. Alofsen, 1864
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
