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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Tile Panel

1620-30 (made)
Place of origin

Sixteen tiles, tin-glazed earthenware painted in polychrome, Netherlands, 1620-30

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Object details

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Object type
Parts
This object consists of 16 parts.

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Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed eartheware
Brief description
Sixteen tiles, tin-glazed earthenware painted in polychrome, Netherlands, 1620-30
Credit line
Given by Mr Henry Van der Bergh through Art Fund
Object history
These tiles were part of the collection of Mr. Eelco M. Vis in Amsterdam.The Vis collection was exhibited at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam in 1919 and at that time most of them were for sale though the antique dealer J. Tiller in Amsterdam. A large part of the collection, including these tiles, was purchased by Henry van den Bergh who gave the collection to the V&A through The Art Fund in 1923.
Bibliographic references
  • Rackham 1923, No 16, Plate II
  • Dam, J. D. van, et. al. Dutch tiles in the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Philadelphia : Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1984, p. 59. cat 38, 39, 41
Collection
Accession number
C.490:1-1923

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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