- 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.




