15th c. Spanish Ceiling Tiles

Painting

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Hammond Castle Museum

Name/Title

15th c. Spanish Ceiling Tiles

Entry/Object ID

HM-818

Description

130 panels, border hand-painted in red/black alternating 4 roses pattern with coat of arms of Hernando Gonzola de Cordova. 123 in ceiling of dining room, rest is storage "Acquired by Leslie Buswell on 13 May 1922 at the Clarke Galleries, NYC, sale of the Raimondo Ruiz Collection of Spanish antiquities. Described as 16th century from the palace of the Count of Cabra. Paid $2,200. Top price paid for day’s sale. Other big bidder was William Randolf Hearst. Partly installed in ceiling of the Bungalow’s Tudor bay window in 1922. Later removed to the Castle. Citations: “Spanish Antiques Bring $103,880 at Auction,” New-York Daily Tribune, 14 May 1922: 19; and “Wealth of Antiques and Unique Features Abound in John Hays Hammond, Jr’s ‘House Built Around An Organ’,” North Shore Breeze, Vol. 22, No. 42 (20 October 1922): 3-4. [P Hayden, 2025]"

Collection

Painting

Acquisition

Accession

818

Made/Created

Place

Location

Spanish

Notes

Date: ca. 15th c.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Panel

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Surface Elements

Nomenclature Class

Building Components

Nomenclature Category

Category 01: Built Environment Objects

General Notes

Note Type

1966 Corinne Witham Guidebook (36)

Note Type

1996- remake of 1977 Kline guidebk p12-13 Dining & Gothic rooms

Note Type

2016-04-01 Pettibone & Easton - Castle Guide, draft 3 p(28)

Note Type

1970ca Handwritten Inventory p(6) - lower guest room & Dining Room

Note Type

1951 Tour Manual 014

Note Type

2025 P Hayden HCM-Sleeper Objects List