Tile
- Object Name:
- Tile
- Object ID:
- 2004.043.128
- Place of Origin:
- Netherlands
- Date:
- circa 1730
- Description:
- Piece of Delft tile from Jaffrey House, Portsmouth, NH. Right half of a broken tile. Design elements include: half circle, fence on hummock of ground, water with floating plant, stylized corner designs. Paper label on reverse with ink inscription: "Built / 1730 Jaffrey / House / Removed to / [M]etropolitan".
- Material:
- Ceramic
Earthenware - Tin-glazed - Dimensions:
- H-5 W-2.15 inches
- Provenance:
- From collection of Dr. Dorothy M. Vaughan (1904-2004), preservationist and collector of Portsmouth, N.H., artifacts.
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Dr. Dorothy Mansfield Vaughan
- People:
- Vaughan, Dorothy M. (1904-2004)
- Subjects:
- Jaffrey House
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