Fireplace Tiles

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Collection Type

Decorative arts

Date

1800-1849

GUSN

GUSN-359092

Description

Blue on white; corner sprigs; oval border; biblical scenes:
.1 Adam, Eve, Snake, Tree
.2 Man, woman, child, distant city
.3 Angel, Abraham, Isaac, Goat
.4 Angels climbing ladder, Jacob sleeping
.5 Jacob wrestling with angel
.6 Joseph, Brothers pit
.7 Moses, mother, bullrushes
.8 Kneeling Moses, burning bush
.9 Moses, serpent
.10 Balsaam, ass, angel
.11 Kneeling couple, angel, fire
.12 David, Johnathon, Bow and arrow
.13 Absolum hanging in a tree
.14 Elisha, Elija, chariot of fire
.15 Seated man receiving 2 birds
.16 Queen Esther before king
.17 Kneeling kings, people, angel
.18 Standing man, two supplicants
.19 Esther, king, hanging
.20 Job, wife, burning house
.21 Three wise men, star
.22 Lazarus the beggar, rich couple
.23 Christ washing feet

Details

Descriptive Terms

ceramic tile
Bible stories
Tile
Tile, Fireplace
Tile, Fireplace

Associated Building

Used At Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

Holland; Portugal

Dimensions

5 x 5 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.19149.1-.23

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