Advanced Search
Advanced Search

Requires Photography

Tile

Dutch (Delft)
early 19th century
Object Place: Europe, England

Medium/Technique Tin-glazed earthenware, underglaze blue decoration
Dimensions Height x width: 13 x 13 x 1 cm (5 1/8 x 5 1/8 x 3/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Bernard C. Weld
Accession Number24.52
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramicsPotteryEarthenware
Tiles

DescriptionOne of seven tiles, cream clay body with clear glaze; decorated in underglaze blue with a milkmaid walking in a landscape carrying buckets suspended from a yoke. A bull (with horns) stands in the middle ground and a large snail is on the horizon.
Provenance1924, gift of Mabel Stephenson (Mrs. Bernard C.) Weld (b. 1868), Boston, to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 7, 1924)