Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2009

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Mounted tile

about 1885
Manufactured by Low Art Tile Works
Manufactured by J & JG Tile and Metal Company
Overall: 35.9 x 35.6 x 5.7 cm (14 1/8 x 14 x 2 1/4 in.)
Glazed earthenware, brass

Classification: Ceramics

Object Place: Boston, Massachusetts

Accession number: 2008.660

Location: Robert P. and Carol T. Henderson Gallery (The Aesthetic Movement, 1870–1900)

Description: Pressed tile with abstract swirl decorations glazed with orange/brown mounted in a square frame with swirls stamped into edges, standing on four feet.

Provenance/Ownership History: Early history unknown; 2008, purchased by JMW Gallery, Boston, MA, from an individual in the State of California; 2008, purchased by the MFA from JMW Gallery in honor of Andrew Spindler-Roesle, Vice-Chair of the Board of Overseers, 2005-2008. (Accession Date: September 17, 2008)

Museum purchase by the Board of Trustees in honor Andrew Spindler-Roesle, Vice Chair of the Board of Overseers, 2005-2008