Manufactured by
Unidentified
Owned by
Old Slave Mart Museum, American, founded 1937
Acacia Historical Arts International, Inc., American, founded 1989
Subject of
Boone Hall Plantation, American, founded 1681
Date
before 1863
Medium
ceramic tile and glaze
Dimensions
H x W x D: 2 5/8 × 14 5/16 × 10 1/16 in. (6.7 × 36.3 × 25.6 cm)
Description
A pantile made by an enslaved person from Boone Hall Plantation in Charleston, South Carolina. The pantile is constructed from terracotta and coated in a black glaze. The tile has an S-shaped profile, mainly concave with a smaller convex lip on one side. The decorative side of the tile is almost entirely coated in a shiny black glaze. There is a V-shaped glaze line at the top of the tile leaving a portion of the terracotta exposed. There is a loss at the top right corner of the tile and at the diagonally opposed corner. The Old Slave Mart Museum catalog number, [R654], is handwritten in black ink over a small rectangular patch of white painted at the top right side of the decorative side of the tile. The back of the tile is terracotta red with a large black rectangular discoloration at the top right and a small rectangular loss at the top. The surface is roughly textured. Patches of white salt efflorescence coat the surface.
Place used
Mount Pleasant, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
Place collected
Mount Pleasant, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Slavery and Freedom Objects
Buildings and Structures
Type
roofs
Topic
American South
Architecture
Building Arts
Skilled labor
Slavery
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2017.108.21.51
Restrictions & Rights
No known copyright restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5fe392bbc-eca4-4978-aae3-7c2991eaf85e

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