Name/Title
Incomplete Terra Cotta Tile Mosaic by Clark & Sons, c. 1930sEntry/Object ID
2006.75.1Description
ACC. NO. 06.75.1 A thru G
SUBJECT CATEGORY: INDUSTRIES, CLARK'S POTTERY
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA 1930's
OBJECTS: TILES
DESCRIPTION:
A SERIES OF GLAZED TERRA COTTA TILES, WITH HAND-PAINTED SCENES. INTERIOR OF TAVERN WITH BARMAID AND PATRONS DRESSED IN COSTUMES OF THE 1500'S REPRESENTS AN INCOMPLETE SCENE. THE TILES DO NOT INCLUDE THE MANUFACTURER'S SIGNATURE.
SIZE: L 8" x W 8".
HISTORY OF OBJECTS: TILES HAND-PAINTED AND PRESENTED TO PHIL LANCIT, FATHER OF THE DONOR, IN 1936. TILES WERE MADE BY A GENTLEMAN (NAME OF MOSER OR MULLER ?), WHO WAS EMPLOYED AS A TILEMAKER AT N CLARK & SONS, POTTERY, PACIFIC AVENUE, ALAMEDA. THE TILES ARE A SAMPLE OF THE ARTISTIC PRODUCTION PROVIDED BY THE FIRM, WHICH SPECIALIZED IN UTILITY PIPING, ROOF TILES, ETC.
DONOR: MR. PHIL LANCIT
CATALOGED: SEPTEMBER 9, 2006Interpretative Labels
Label
11/4/2020 MvL: current signage:
ART POTTERY
This pottery was manufactured in Alameda at Clark and Sons Pottery on Pacific Avenue in the West End.
