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Stove tile
German (Nuremberg)
about 1550
Object Place: Europe, Nuremberg, Germany
Medium/Technique
Glazed earthenware (Hafnerware), colored enamels
Dimensions
64.13 x 26.99 cm (25 1/4 x 10 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of R. Thornton Wilson in memory of Florence Ellsworth Wilson
Accession Number62.618
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
Tiles
Tiles
DescriptionFigure of Sybilla of Saxony, on yellow ground, in shell-topped arch in blue and green. Green skirt with yellow, blue and brown bands, blue bodice with green, white blouse, plumed hat.
ProvenanceIgo Levi (b. 1887 - d. 1961), Lucerne; April 11-12, 1962, Levi sale, Weinmüller, Munich. R. Thornton Wilson (b. 1886 - d. 1977), New York; 1962, gift of R. Thornton Wilson to the MFA.