"Old Hancock House" tile

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Title	"Old Hancock House" tile
Artist	Minton and Company
Date	c. 1875
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	Not on view.

Medium:

Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects, Ceramic | Glazed earthenware

Size:

6 x 6 x 7/16 in. (15.24 x 15.24 x 1.11 cm)

Creation Place:

England, Staffordshire, Stoke on Trent

Culture:

England, Staffordshire

Style:

19th century

Inscriptions:

"AN", in pencil, on back "MINTONS/CHINA WORKS/STOKE ON TRENT", stamped, on back/"PUBLISHED BY MACULLAR PARKER COMPANY", in brown, on back

Physical Description:

tan ground with brown transfer decoration of house; LLC: ""Old/Hancock House"/Beacon Street/Boston,/Erected 1737 Demolished 1863."

Credit:

Collection Minneapolis Institute of Arts; Gift of Christopher Monkhouse in honor of Brian Kraft

Accession Number:

2001.279.4

Artist:

Minton and Company, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, est. 1793

Role:

Manufacturer

Nationality:

Life Dates:

Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, est. 1793

Added to Site:

February 28, 2009