Tile "Terra" Designer: Walter Crane (British, 1845–1915)
Manufacturer: Maw & Company (British, founded 1850)

1870–90

American Decorative Arts

On view, 1st floor, American Decorative Arts before 1900

Medium

Earthenware with glazes

Dimensions

6 × 5 7/8 × 5/16 in. (15.24 × 14.923 × 0.794 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Lauren Brown and John Herzan

Accession Number

2010.94.2

Geography

Manufactured in Stoke on Trent, England

Culture

British

Period

19th century

Classification

Architectural Elements

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Provenance
Elizabeth Mills Brown (1916–2008), Guilford, Connecticut; by descent to her daughter Lauren Brown and her son-in-law John Herzan, Branford, Connecticut
Bibliography

  • "Acquisitions," https://artgallery.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/Pub_Bull_acquisitions_2011.pdf (accessed March 1, 2012).

Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

stoneware, tiles

Marks

Molded within four depressions on the back of the tile: upper left "FLOREAT" [in an arch] "MAW" [at center] "SALOPIA" [in an arch below]; upper right "PATENT" [in an arch]; lower left "DOUBLE" [in an arch]; lower right "GRIP" [in an arch]

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