Collection Highlights
Cayambe
Date:
1858
Object Number:
S-91
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Tile
Object Number:
Z.773n
Date:
1750-1775
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 x 3 1/4 x 1/4 in. ( 12.7 x 8.3 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Fragment of tin-glazed earthenware tile with painted blue and white decoration; buff-colored body with white glaze; circular rondel with landscape scene with man chopping wood; ox-head corner motifs (tile same as Z.773m and o); left and right edges cut away.
Gallery Label:
These tiles are from a fireplace in the Judge Joseph I. Jackson House at the corner of Jackson Ave. and Main St., Fishkill, NY. The house, which at one time was called the "Colonial Inn," was still standing in 1953.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Bayard Verplank
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
