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Hafner ware tile
German (Nuremberg)
about 1540
Object Place: Europe, Germany
Medium/Technique
Glazed earthenware
Dimensions
Height x width: 3 3/8 x 5 3/8 in. (8.6 x 13.7 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of R. Thornton Wilson in memory of Florence Ellsworth Wilson
Accession Number61.117
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionHafner ware tile. Profile portrait of Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I (1503-1564) wearing the order of the Golden Fleece. In blue, yellow, green, and brown. Inscribed FFRDINANDUS ROMIS CHERK.
InscriptionsMolded in relief on recto: FFRDINANDUS ROMIS CHERK. Inscribed in white on underside: "8164 . III"
ProvenanceBefore 1906, Graf Wilszek, Vienna; by January 1961, R. Thornton Wilson, New York.