Tile

Object/Artifact

Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Tile

Entry/Object ID

1955.11.24

Description

Blue and white transfer-printed tile. The tile features a scene of a large neoclassical building with two levels of portico and a large central dome. There is a field with cows in the foreground. The bottom edge has the label, "State House Boston 1818". The reverse is marked, "Pub. by Macullar Parker & Company", "Murtons China Works, Stoke-on-Trent", and "Wallbrook, London."

Acquisition

Accession

1955.11

Source or Donor

Horton, Ida B. (1873-1955)

Acquisition Method

Bequest

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Tile

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Surface Elements

Nomenclature Class

Building Components

Nomenclature Category

Category 01: Built Environment Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

1/2 in

Width

6-1/4 in

Length

6-1/4 in

Material

Ceramic