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Object Details

Maker

Grueby Faience Company, Revere, Massachusetts, 1895–1908

Description

Press-molded low relief decoration in earth color against a yellow background. The third tile depicts the image of a Cupid figure, marked Eros.

Credit Line

Gift of Harry C. Sigman

Date

ca. 1905

Accession Number

2013-21-37

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

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Decorative Arts

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Medium

Press-molded glazed terra cotta (red earthenware)

Dimensions

L x W: 15.6 × 15.6 × 2.2 cm (6 1/8 × 6 1/8 × 7/8 in.)

made in

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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Data Source

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4a07a059c-7144-4a9b-ac40-846217f88b9d

Record ID

chndm_2013-21-37

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