I do not mean to burst anyone's bubble but it looks to me like the back
is curved and glazed.  Not very tile like in my experience.  So, it is a
reasonably executed classical revival, probably slip cast, sherd of
white granite.  Probably English as most American White granite pieces
have low decoration that are usually geometric or floral.  Maybe from a
large diameter vessel like a wash pitcher.  

Classical revival starts when? 1760s? and is still around in limited
quantity today.  Wedgwood has always been famous for it.  Then white
granite begins about 1830.  So that gives us post 1830 to the early
1900s.     

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Perhaps it's my failing eyesight, but I would have guessed Venus and
Cupid rather than Adam and Eve. BJH

Barbara J Hickman, Staff Archeologist
Archeological Studies Program
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>>> David Babson <[log in to unmask]> 27 April, 2007 4:18 PM >>>
Might be part of a decorative tile for a house or a fireplace surround,
as well as a religious item; the motif (Eve and the Apple?) appears to
be biblical.  Use as a decorative element in a house in Ohio would,
however, probably be more likely in the Craftsman era, early 20th
century, rather than the mid-19th century.

D. Babson.


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Subject: Identification of Ceramic Piece

Can anyone identify the ceramic piece pictured at the below website? It
is
the first object (exterior and interior sides) in the photo album of
artifacts from a domestic, dwelling residence (house) which dates A.D.
1810-1850 in northwest Ohio. 

 

The ceramic body is an unglazed, hard paste white earthenware. It is not
refined white earthenware, stoneware or porcelain. It is possibly part
of a
plaque containing a religious or biblical scene of some sort.

 

 

 <http://s145.photobucket.com/albums/r230/Pat_Tucker/>
http://s145.photobucket.com/albums/r230/Pat_Tucker/ 

 

Regards,

 

Pat Tucker

French-Canadian Heritage Society of Michigan

Detroit