Tile panel with the tile and pottery factory in Bolsward
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1745 - c. 1765
Tile panel consisting of 154 tiles (14 x 11) depicting, painted in blue, a three-storey tile factory in Bolsward with the process of tile manufacture. The top is decorated with a cartouche containing the inscription: 'DE STICHTERS VAN DIT WERK' ZYN DEESE MET HAAR VIEREN.
WIENS WAAPENS MET HAAR NAAM' DOEN DEESE MUIER VERSIEREN. ANNO 1737.' Below are four coats of arms supported by angels and four names in a cartouche: 'IOH: TICHELAAR', 'IAN. STEENSMA', 'HERODe IAGER' and 'WYBE. STEENSMA'. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-5853; its record gives material recorded as earthenware, tin glaze; technique maiolica; measurements height 182.5 cm x width 144 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.
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- earthenware, tin glaze
- Technique
- maiolica
- Measurements
- height 182.5 cm x width 144 cm
- Dimensions museum
- height 182.5 cm x width 144 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Tegeltableau met de tegel- en aardewerkfabriek in Bolsward
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-NM-5853
- Museum classification
- tile tableau
Catalogue references
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