rare-american-art-pottery-tile-with-patriotic-wwi-theme
Lot 194
Rare American Art Pottery Tile with Patriotic WWI Theme
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Unidentifed manufacture, unmarked, rectangular form with figural decorations in relief, the central scene features men in uniforms marching under an American flag, two women - one a model of Lady Liberty and the second a woman in work clothes and holding a hammer - flank the central composition, above outspread wings surround a model of the globe showing North and South America, beneath the central scene is a recumbent lion, the two lower corners feature the letters "US" inset in gilt mosaic within laurel wreaths.

15 1/2 x 12 1/2 in.

13.6 lb.

Light crazing to surface; old cement accretions to verso from where it was removed from original installation above a fireplace.