Pantile made by an enslaved person from Boone Hall Plantation
date: label: Date
content: before 1863
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Old Slave Mart Museum, American, founded 1937
label: Owned by
content: Acacia Historical Arts International, Inc., American, founded 1989
label: Subject of
content: Boone Hall Plantation, American, founded 1681
notes: label: Description
content: 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: label: Place used
content: Mount Pleasant, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
label: Place collected
content: Mount Pleasant, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Architecture
label: Topic
content: Building Arts
label: Topic
content: Skilled labor
label: Topic
content: Slavery
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Buildings and Structures
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.108.21.51
objectType: label: Type
content: roofs
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No known copyright restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ceramic tile and glaze
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 2 5/8 × 14 5/16 × 10 1/16 in. (6.7 × 36.3 × 25.6 cm)