HELIX WITH TWO ZIGGURATS TILE

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

HELIX WITH TWO ZIGGURATS TILE

Entry/Object ID

2001.113.17.3

Description

Color: Black; Blue; Brown; Green; Red; Yellow A tile in the blackline form called Helix with Two Ziggurats, manufactured by Diana Watson's Native Tile & Ceramics, 2001. At the center are two glazed blue ziggurats side by side. They are against a matted brown background. Across the bottom is a matted green and yellow helix. Within the helix are glazed red jewels. Glazed black lines border the helix. A raised grid made by the commercial clay manufacturer is throughout the back. Stamped at the center of the back is "MADE IN ITALY." The manufacturer's catalog number for the artifact is 221. The object is in mint condition.

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Building materials, Ceramics

Search Terms

Three-dimensional, Tiles, Native Tile & Ceramics, Tiles--California, Decoration and ornament

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Tiles