Persian Antelope Tile

Moravian Pottery and Tile Works

1937

glazed earthenware

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

A rectangular glazed earthenware tile features a relief of a Persian antelope amidst a dense floral pattern. The design is rendered in warm orange and dark blue tones. Vertical rectangle with molded decoration of leaping antelope against a dense floral and foliate pattern branching from a central stem. Terracotta colored glaze heightened with blue. Museum purchase from the Misses Hewitt Fund