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Four tiles forming square

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Pressed terracotta with raised ornament and blue glaze. A) has arch with heart and flowers in rayed circle. B) has arch enclosing stylized flowers and letters SF. A) and D) have cartouche with date 1756 and top inscription: Las dich das bese nicht (Be not overcome by evil.) Modeled after an eighteenth century Pennsylvania German cast iron stove designs.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Maker
Moravian Pottery and Tile Works, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, USA, founded 1898
Date
1937
Credit Line
Museum purchase from the Misses Hewitt Fund
Medium
Pressed and glazed earthenware
Dimensions
H x W x D (GH measurements): 50.8 × 48.3 × 5.1 cm (20 × 19 × 2 in.)
Type
tiles
Decorative Arts
Four tiles forming square

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  • 1937: A Year in the Collections
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