Object Details
Maker
Moravian Pottery and Tile Works, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, USA, founded 1898
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Pressed terracotta with raised ornament and blue glaze. A) has arch with heart and flowers in rayed circle. B) has arch enclosing stylized flowers and letters SF. A) and D) have cartouche with date 1756 and top inscription: Las dich das bese nicht (Be not overcome by evil.) Modeled after an eighteenth century Pennsylvania German cast iron stove designs.
Credit Line
Museum purchase from the Misses Hewitt Fund
Date
1937
Accession Number
1937-62-1-a/d
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
tiles
Decorative Arts
Four tiles forming square
Medium
Pressed and glazed earthenware
Dimensions
H x W x D (GH measurements): 50.8 × 48.3 × 5.1 cm (20 × 19 × 2 in.)
made in
Doylestown, Pennsylvania, USA
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1937-62-1-a_d