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Tile, Square, Earthenware, Coated on the Front with Lead Glaze and Decorated with a Border of White Slip, with a Star of White Slip Inside

Also known as: Tegel, vierkant, van aardewerk aan de voorzijde gedekt met loodglazuur en versierd met een rand van witte slib, daarbinnen een ster van witte slib

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Record status

Individual type · partial

Period

c. 1700 - c. 1800

Tile, square, of earthenware coated on the front with lead glaze and decorated with a border of white slip, containing a star of white slip applied with red and purple-brown spots. Limburg work. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-12500; its record gives material recorded as earthenware, lead glaze; measurements height 10.6 cm x width 10.6 cm x thickness 1.8 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
earthenware, lead glaze
Measurements
height 10.6 cm x width 10.6 cm x thickness 1.8 cm
Dimensions museum
height 10.6 cm x width 10.6 cm x thickness 1.8 cm

Identification

Original title
Tegel, vierkant, van aardewerk aan de voorzijde gedekt met loodglazuur en versierd met een rand van witte slib, daarbinnen een ster van witte slib
Holding institution
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Museum object number
BK-NM-12500
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

  • Research required: this record describes a single museum object; confirm the wider type, attribution, dimensions, marks and catalogue references against ceramics and tile references.
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