Wall tile
Category
Ceramics
Date
1800
Materials
Tin-glazed earthenware
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Speke Hall, Merseyside
NT 1196460.16
Summary
One of a collection of twenty two white Dutch delftware tiles, hand painted underglaze blue decoration on white ground. Various rural landscapes contained in roundel, single foliate spray to each corner. cf. those in Library, cf.SPE.M.112.A. This picture shows a boat with two figures aboard at the side of a stretch of water below a large building. One of the people is bringing the boat in to shore. There are two birds on the water, boats in the background and baskets in the foreground.