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Architectual tile — tile, Punjab (India), ca. 1650

ca. 1650

Architectual tile in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number IS.76&A-1898), made in Punjab (India), dated ca. 1650. The museum's brief description reads: TILE: Square tile with a floral motif of green, brown and yellow enamel within an ornate border of blue and brown surrounded by green. Lahore, 17th c…

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Art Nouveau tile with floral pattern, Georg Schmider - Vereinigte Zeller keramische Fabriken

Art Nouveau tile with floral pattern is held by Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe (Germany), attributed to Georg Schmider - Vereinigte Zeller keramische Fabriken. Description supplied by the holding institution: Around 1900, the manufactory in Zell, Baden, specialized in the production of Art Nouveau tiles, which wer…

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Biblical tile with John the Evangelist

c. 1620 - c. 1650

Tile with a blue-painted biblical depiction of John the Evangelist with a writing and next to an eagle. In the corners, an ox-head. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-1955-303; its record gives material recorded as earthenware, tin glaze; technique maiolica; measurements height 12.5 cm x width 12.5…

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Border tile — tile, Lahore, second quarter of 17th century

second quarter of 17th century

Border tile in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number IS.304-1890), made in Lahore, dated second quarter of 17th century. The museum's brief description reads: Rectangular border tile with green, blue and yellow floral arabesques on a brown ground with blue and yellow borders.; Architecture, ceramic,…

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Border tile — tile, Punjab (India), ca. 1650

ca. 1650

Border tile in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number IM.287-1923), made in Punjab (India), dated ca. 1650. The museum's brief description reads: Glazed earthenware, Mughal, ca. 1650. Museum description: Border tile of rectangular shape with a chipped lower edge. It has a design outlined in dry mangan…

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Border tile — tile, Punjab (India), ca. 1650 (CIRC.1306-1923)

ca. 1650

Border tile in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number CIRC.1306-1923), made in Punjab (India), dated ca. 1650. The museum's brief description reads: Architecture, ceramic, prob Lahore, ca. 1650. Museum description: Glazed earthenware rectangular border tile with a central orange band between two narro…

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Border tile — tile, Punjab (India), ca. 1650 (IS.66-1898)

ca. 1650

Border tile in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number IS.66-1898), made in Punjab (India), dated ca. 1650. The museum's brief description reads: Square border tile with floral motifs in green, white and brown enamel on yellow within a blue and white diaper with floral arabesque borders in blue and whi…

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Border Tile, J. and J. G. Low Art Tile Works, 1881

1881

Border Tile made by J. and J. G. Low Art Tile Works (American, Chelsea, Massachusetts, 1877–1903), dated 1881, from American. The museum records its materials as: Earthenware. Recorded dimensions: 6 1/8 x 2 3/16 x 3/8 in. (15.6 x 5.6 x 1 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds this object as 1971.182.3; details ar…

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Border Tile, J. and J. G. Low Art Tile Works, 1881

1881

Border Tile made by J. and J. G. Low Art Tile Works (American, Chelsea, Massachusetts, 1877–1903), dated 1881, from American. The museum records its materials as: Earthenware. Recorded dimensions: 6 1/8 x 2 1/8 x 3/8 in. (15.6 x 5.4 x 1 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds this object as 1971.182.7; details are…

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Border Tile, J. and J. G. Low Art Tile Works, 1881–84

1881–84

Border Tile made by J. and J. G. Low Art Tile Works (American, Chelsea, Massachusetts, 1877–1903), dated 1881–84, from American. The museum records its materials as: Earthenware. Recorded dimensions: 2 3/16 x 6 1/8 x 3/8 in. (5.6 x 15.6 x 1 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds this object as 1970.100.8; details…

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Border Tile, J. and J. G. Low Art Tile Works, 1883

1883

Border Tile made by J. and J. G. Low Art Tile Works (American, Chelsea, Massachusetts, 1877–1903), dated 1883, from American. The museum records its materials as: Earthenware. Recorded dimensions: 6 1/8 x 2 1/8 x 3/8 in. (15.6 x 5.4 x 1 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds this object as 1971.182.4; details are…

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Border Tile, J. and J. G. Low Art Tile Works, ca. 1885

ca. 1885

Border Tile made by J. and J. G. Low Art Tile Works (American, Chelsea, Massachusetts, 1877–1903), dated ca. 1885, from American. The museum records its materials as: Earthenware. Recorded dimensions: 2 1/8 x 6 x 5/16 in. (5.4 x 15.2 x 0.8 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds this object as 1970.100.12; details…

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Border Tile, J. and J. G. Low Art Tile Works, ca. 1885

ca. 1885

Border Tile made by J. and J. G. Low Art Tile Works (American, Chelsea, Massachusetts, 1877–1903), dated ca. 1885, from American. The museum records its materials as: Earthenware. Recorded dimensions: 2 3/16 x 6 1/8 x 7/16 in. (5.6 x 15.6 x 1.1 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds this object as 1970.100.10; de…

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Border tile, Multan, ca. 1880

ca. 1880

Border tile in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number IPN.2194), made in Multan, dated ca. 1880. The museum's brief description reads: Glazed earthenware, Multan, ca. 1880. Museum description: Rectangular glazed earthenware border tile, with multiple chips. Design in style of late 16th/early 17th cent…

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Bracket tile with depiction of Adam and Eve in Paradise

c. 1720 - c. 1770

Etagère tile of faience. Painted in blue with a depiction of Adam and Eve in Paradise. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-10460; its record gives measurements height 24 cm x width 18.5 cm x thickness 2 cm. Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this mu…

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Circular tile with eagle

1735

Circular tile with a blue-painted crowned eagle, on its chest a shield with the year: 1735. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-1955-331; its record gives material recorded as earthenware, tin glaze; technique maiolica; measurements diameter 12.3 cm x thickness 1.4 cm. Description translated from the…

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Corner stove tile, 1784

1784

Corner stove tile, 1784 is held by "Valer Literat" Făgăraş Country Museum, dated 1784. Museum description: Rectangular stove cresting, engobed, glazed, decorated with geometric and floral motifs: tulip. Glaze chipped in places, small missing fragments; two pieces fastened with a screw. The year 1784 appears. The mus…

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Cross-shaped tile with Quranic texts and scrolls

c. 1262 - c. 1263

Cross tile of earthenware (quartz-fritware), painted over the tin glaze with a brown lustre decoration with reserved scrolls. Along the edge, Quranic texts: Surah 1 and Surah 65:3, together with an as yet undeciphered text. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-11750-A; its record gives material rec…

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Cuenca tile with medallion containing rosette; four adjoining corner compartments.

1500 - 1600

Cuenca tile, painted in white (ground), light blue, ochre yellow and dark green. An ochre-yellow band forms a pattern with a small medallion in the centre and four adjoining corner compartments. A rosette inside the medallion. Foliate and floral motifs in the corner compartments. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds th…

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Delft tiles with animal, genre, and chinoiserie depictions. 1st half of the 18th century. Seußlitz, garden pavilion of the castle, Walther, Bernd (Production) (Photographer)

Delft tiles with animal, genre, and chinoiserie depictions. 1st half of the 18th century. Seußlitz, garden pavilion of the castle held by Deutsche Fotothek (Germany). Collection record published through Europeana; the wider type is not yet verified.

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Delft tiles with animal, genre, and chinoiserie depictions. 1st half of the 18th century. Seußlitz, garden pavilion of the castle, Walther, Bernd (Production) (Photographer)

Delft tiles with animal, genre, and chinoiserie depictions. 1st half of the 18th century. Seußlitz, garden pavilion of the castle held by Deutsche Fotothek (Germany). Collection record published through Europeana; the wider type is not yet verified.

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Enamelled tile presented to patron W. Drees by the 'Ster der Toekomst' wind band in Maastricht

1956-07-05

Enamelled tile in a plastic frame depicting a Madonna playing a harp. Around her green skirt runs the text 'aangeb. door harmonie ster der toekomst maastricht' and 'aan onze beschermheer Dr. W. Drees, 5 juli 1956'. Signed WH. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-1991-4-27; its record gives material re…

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Encaustic Tile, American Encaustic Tile Company, 1870–75

1870–75

Encaustic Tile made by American Encaustic Tile Company (American, New York, 1875–1935), dated 1870–75, from American. The museum records its materials as: Earthenware. Recorded dimensions: 4 5/16 x 4 5/16 x 1/2 in. (11 x 11 x 1.3 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds this object as 1984.443.8; details are those…

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Flat stove tile

Flat stove tile is held by Székely National Museum. Museum description: Flat stove tile with floral motifs. The piece is crafted symmetrically along both the horizontal and vertical axes. In the centre is a flower from which eight floral stems emerge. Those at the edges are shorter, directed toward the edges. The si…

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Flat stove tile

Flat stove tile is held by National Museum of Romanian History. Museum description: Flat stove tile of rectangular shape, the edge is raised, corners slightly rounded, reconstructed from three fragments. The upper corners, as well as the long side of the rim, have been filled in with plaster. The decoration is in re…

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Flat stove tile, 1823

1823

Flat stove tile, 1823 is held by Székely National Museum, dated 1823. Museum description: Flat stove tile with floral ornaments. On the lower part in the center is a large vase, in which a bouquet of flowers is placed. This bouquet consists of five flower stems with leaves. The two flowers at the edges are shorter,…

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Floor slab, tile in terrazzo look

Floor slab, tile in terrazzo look is held by Museums Muttenz. Museum description: Instead of full-surface terrazzo floorings, cut tiles were available. They were mainly used in stairwells, entrance areas, and kitchens. Terrazzo is the name for a mineral floor covering known since antiquity. Aggregates selected for c…

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Framed tile with man and woman in 18th-century costume

c. 1765 - c. 1775

Tin-glazed earthenware tile with a black transfer-printed decoration of a woman and a man in 18th-century costume in a garden, framed by rococo ornament. The tile is set in a frame. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-14206; its record gives material recorded as earthenware, tin glaze; technique m…

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Frisian wall tile, Delft

Frisian wall tile is held by Museum of City History Leipzig (Germany), attributed to Delft. Description supplied by the holding institution: Enamelled Frisian wall tile. Spider heads as ornamentation are located on all four corners. In the center of the tile, as a central image, is a bucolic landscape with a peasant…

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Glazed floor tile Bremervörde FStNr. 200

Glazed floor tile Bremervörde FStNr. 200 is held by District Archeology Rotenburg (Wümme). The museum record gives measurements thickness: 2.7 cm; width: 12.5 cm; length: 14.2 cm; place associated: Bremervörde (Rotenburg (Wümme), Lower Saxony) (find). These details come from the holding museum's own record; how far…

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Half of a hexagonal tile with floral scrolls

c. 1450 - c. 1499

Half of a hexagonal tile of quartz fritware with a reddish-grey body, decorated under green glaze with a broad border and floral scrolls in black. From the Mosque of Yechel. From Broussa. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-11791; its record gives material recorded as glaze, earthenware, quartz; t…

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Hexagonal tile with a green glaze and inscription

c. 1400 - c. 1599

Hexagonal quartz-fritware tile. On a ground of thick green glaze, a border in lustre running parallel to the perimeter has been applied, containing an inscription in Arabic characters: 'In den naam van Allah, barmhartig en mededogend. Allah is één. Hij is de God tot wie alle wezens zich richten met hun noden. Hij he…

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Lead-glazed earthenware tile

c. 1785 - c. 1790

Tile decorated with a standing figure wearing a hat and holding a glass and a jug in his hands. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-12495; its record gives material recorded as earthenware, lead glaze; technique scoring; measurements height 10.6 cm x width 10.7 cm x thickness 1.8 cm. Description t…

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Luster Wall Tile with a Couple, Iran, Kashan, Ilkhanid period (1256-1353), 1266

1266

The design of this tile-a couple with a wine beaker surrounded by verses of Iranian love poetry-indicates that it was originally part of wall decoration and would have alternated with cross-shaped tiles. Cleveland Museum of Art object 1915.524: Luster Wall Tile with a Couple, 1266. Iran, Kashan, Ilkhanid period (125…

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Ornamentation: Detail, possibly tile with floral decoration

Ornamentation: Detail, possibly tile with floral decoration is held by Museum of Architecture at Berlin Institute of Technology. Museum description: Architecture Museum of the TU Berlin, Inv. No. 41819. Work and digital image are in the public domain, but we appreciate a picture credit. (Note) The museum record give…

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Picture tile: Two women at the grape harvest, Ilse Hohenreuther

Picture tile: Two women at the grape harvest, Ilse Hohenreuther is held by Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe. Museum description: Square tile with two women at the grape harvest. In bas-relief, two kneeling women at the grape harvest. Blue, beige, green. Unmarked. Ilse Hohenreuther (13.03.1911 Karlsruhe – 31.05.1952…

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Placque stove tile

Placque stove tile is held by Alba Iulia Roman Catholic Archdiocese. Museum description: Rectangular plaque stove tile, made of fine paste with a high mica content, fired completely to a brick red. The clay was pressed into the mold by hand and with the aid of a wooden spatula. Green glaze over slip, on some fragmen…

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Plaque stove tile with semi-cylindrical foot

Plaque stove tile with semi-cylindrical foot is held by National Museum of Romanian History. Museum description: Rectangular stove tile, with raised edge, continuing on the reverse with the semi-cylindrical foot. The decoration is in relief, depicting the scene of the judgment of Pilate. The decoration is covered wi…

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Pot tile

Pot tile is held by National Museum of Bukovina. Museum description: Pot-shaped stove tile, with a square opening; cylindrical mounting base. The transition zone from the base to the opening is marked by a prominent rib. The museum record gives measurements length: 228 mm; height: 98 mm; mouth diameter: 160mm; base…

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Pot-shaped stove tile

Pot-shaped stove tile is held by "Dimitrie Gusti" National Village Museum. Museum description: Square shape, with a deep bottom. Geometric decoration arranged centrally and along the edges all around, following a radial scheme. Chromatics: brown, green; use: used to face the brick or stone chimney with clay, above t…

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Rectangular tile with an inscription and foliate scrolls

c. 1250 - c. 1324

Quartz-fritware tile with an inscription applied in relief, heightened in blue, further painted in blue, greenish-blue, and lustre with reserved foliate scrolls. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-1992-34; its record gives material recorded as glaze, earthenware, cobalt (mineral), luster (textile),…

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Roof tile — Seated Lion, 1500-1644

1500-1644

Roof tile — Seated Lion, 1500-1644 is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum, dated 1500-1644. The museum's brief description reads: Roof tile, 'Seated lion', earthenware with lead glaze, China, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), 1500-1644. Museum description: Roof tile of earthenware in the form of a lion. Covered…

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Roof tile — Seated Xiezhi, 1500-1644

1500-1644

Roof tile — Seated Xiezhi, 1500-1644 is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum, dated 1500-1644. The museum's brief description reads: Roof tile, 'Seated Xiezhi', earthenware with lead glaze, China, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), 1500-1644. Museum description: Roof tile of earthenware in the shape of a seated h…

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Roof tile, 1368-1644

1368-1644

Roof tile, 1368-1644 is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum, dated 1368-1644. The museum's brief description reads: Roof tile, glazed earthenware, China, Ming dynasty, 1368-1644. Museum description: Roof tile of red earthenware covered with a green glaze surmounted by a figure of a seated horse. The mus…

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Roof tile, 1368-1644

1368-1644

Roof tile, 1368-1644 is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum, dated 1368-1644. The museum's brief description reads: Roof tile, glazed earthenware, China, Ming dynasty, 1368-1644. Museum description: Roof tile of red earthenware in the form of a lion-like monster covered with green lead and yellow glazes…

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Roof tile, 1368-1644

1368-1644

Roof tile, 1368-1644 is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum, dated 1368-1644. The museum's brief description reads: Roof tile, glazed earthenware, China, Ming dynasty, 1368-1644. Museum description: Roof tile of earthenware, moulded in relief and covered with green lead and yellow glazes. The front of t…

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Roof tile, 1500 - 1644

1500 - 1644

Roof tile, 1500 - 1644 is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum, dated 1500 - 1644. The museum's brief description reads: Roof tile, glazed earthenware, China, Ming dynasty, 1500-1644. Museum description: Roof tile, in two pieces, in the form of a demon with a monster head. It is made of earthenware and c…

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Roof tile, 15th century

15th century

Roof tile, 15th century is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum, dated 15th century. The museum's brief description reads: Roof tile, earthenware, China, 15th century. Museum description: Cream-coloured earthenware roof tile of semi-circular section The museum record gives material recorded as earthenwar…