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Tile
American
Designed about 1900
Object Place: Doylestown, Pennsylvania
Medium/Technique
Terracotta
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: H: 3 3/4", W: 3 3/4", D: 1/2"
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Aimée and Miss Rosamond Lamb
Accession Number1975.743.82
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionTwo unglazed tiles with box in the center. A castle tower appears in left half of box. On the right half is a swan swimming down a river. Renaissance Latin text around all four edges reading "The force of the river gladdens the city of God."
ProvenanceTo MFA, 1975, gift of Miss Aimée and Miss Rosamond Lamb.