glazed tile

Designer: John Gardiner Low, 1835-1907
Maker: J. & J. G. Low Art Tile Works, 1877-1907
Medium: Glazed earthenware
Place Manufactured: Chelsea, Massachusetts, USA
Dates: ca. 1881
Dimensions: 4 5/16 x 4 5/16 x 3/8 in. (11 x 11 x 1 cm)
Markings: Impressed on back: “J & J G LOW ? PATENT ART TILE / WORKS / CHELSEA, / MASS / USA / COPYRIGHT 1881 (?) J & J. G LOW”
Signature: no signature
Inscriptions: no inscriptions
Collections: Decorative Arts
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 1990.143.1
Credit Line: Gift of Joseph V. Garry
Rights Statement: No known copyright restrictions
Caption: John Gardiner Low (1835-1907). Tile, ca. 1881. Glazed earthenware, 4 5/16 x 4 5/16 x 3/8 in. (11 x 11 x 1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Joseph V. Garry, 1990.143.1
Image: Overall, 1990.143.1_transp5204.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
Catalogue Description: Tile. Glazed earthenware. Pale yellow-green with large symmetrical stylized floral motif centered and filling front of tile. Small quatrefoil at center surrounded by circle of scalloped petals, surrounded by four large petal/leaves radiating to each corner, against larger circular ring of scalloped petals visible below four large petals.
credit and collection: The Brooklyn Museum