Name/Title
Tile, Syria, ca. 1300Entry/Object ID
1497Description
Blue and purple Phoenician Damascus tile. Irregular edges; fitted with brass adjustable hanging mechanism.
Old label: "This tile is supposed to be over 600 yrs. old. It illustrates the old Phoenician blue and purple so famous in history. Purchased at Damascus in 1872. Loaned by Miss Pauline Bradford."
An older, now waterstained and parrtially illegible label, reads: "This tile is supposed to be over 600 years old. It illustrates the old Phoenician Blue and Purple so famous in history. Purchased in Damascus in 1872, J. N. Coffindayen [or] Coppenhugen or Coffinhagen"Collection
Portsmouth Historical Society Curatorial CollectionAcquisition
Accession
1497Source or Donor
Bradford, PaulineAcquisition Method
UnknownDimensions
Height
6 inWidth
8-13/16 in
