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Tile with trees and flower sprays

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · partial

Period

c. 1700 - c. 1799

Quartz-fritware tile, painted with trees (cypress?) and flowering branches. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-2000-80; its record gives material recorded as glaze, earthenware, cobalt (mineral), quartz; technique vitrification, paint, fired, formed; measurements width 22.5 cm x depth 22.5 cm x thickness 2.5 cm.

Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.

Evidence at a glance

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Physical characteristics

Material
glaze, earthenware, cobalt (mineral), quartz
Technique
vitrification, paint, fired, formed
Measurements
width 22.5 cm x depth 22.5 cm x thickness 2.5 cm
Dimensions museum
width 22.5 cm x depth 22.5 cm x thickness 2.5 cm

Identification

Original title
Tegel met bomen en bloemtakken
Holding institution
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Museum object number
BK-2000-80
Museum classification
tile

Catalogue references

No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.

Research required

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