Flower brick

Object/Artifact

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Flower brick

Entry/Object ID

VC.59.46

Description

Rectangular ceramic box, one piece: top perforated with 18 small round openings, half at each side, with large round central hole; top blue-glazed, with circles of darker blue about all holes; surface slightly unven, white, with bluish tinge, decorated in underglaze blue; faces ornamented with harbor scene, containing, in foreground, suggestion of rocky shore, at right, light-house tower above roofs upon island or point of land, at left, foreground, a sloop under sail, with pennant flying, in background, one at either side of sloop, two similar ships, in sky, clouds and birds; each face bears basically same scene by same hand, yet is not identical; scenes bordered at top and bottom by sketchy horizontal line; ends decorated by plant, leaved, with six-petalled composite flower, growing in grass; ends bordered at top and bottom by horizontal lines.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Maker

Notes

Dates: 1734 - 1767 Date made: r. 1734 - 1767

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

2-1/2 in

Width

2-1/16 in

Length

5-1/16 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 2 1/2 x 2 1/16 x 5 1/16 in. (6.4 x 5.2 x 12.9 cm)

Material

Delftware (tin enamelled earthenware)

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Details of condition: Yellowish discoloration area of sky, both faces; minor signs of wear at corners, about holes, etc.

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

VC.59.43 - Flower brick - Similar item

General Notes

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Van Cortlandt Manor, Old Parlour