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Tile (USA)
This is a Tile. It was manufactured by Grueby Faience Company, Revere, Massachusetts and Grueby Pottery. It is dated 1905–1909 and we acquired it in 1983. Its medium is glazed earthenware. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
Grueby was an acclaimed art pottery firm at the beginning of the twentieth century, producing a wide variety of wares from vases and lamps to tiles. Grueby’s famous matte green glaze featured heavily in the firm’s art pottery line. This tile features a lotus, a flower typically read as a symbol of purity, beauty, or life.
This object was
donated by
Marcia Goodman and William Goodman.
It is credited Gift of Marcia and William Goodman.
- Lotus-shaped Cup (Egypt)
- colored faience (ceramic frit).
- Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
- 1960-29-1
Its dimensions are
H x W x D: 15.4 × 15.4 × 2.4 cm (6 1/16 × 6 1/16 × 15/16 in.)
It has the following markings
Impressed on back: GRUEBY / BOSTON
Cite this object as
Tile (USA); Manufactured by Grueby Faience Company, Revere, Massachusetts (United States), Grueby Pottery (United States); glazed earthenware; H x W x D: 15.4 × 15.4 × 2.4 cm (6 1/16 × 6 1/16 × 15/16 in.); Gift of Marcia and William Goodman; 1983-88-13
