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. The glaze has chipped off the surface from the top left corner to just right of center along the top edge. The top third of tile has tan mortar accretions on the surface. 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, [R653], is handwritten in black ink over a small rectangular patch of white painted at the top right corner of the decorative side of the tile. The back of the tile is primarily terracotta red with a black rectangular discoloration at the center and a small rectangular protrusion 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: 2017.108.21.50
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 , glaze and cement mortar
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 2 3/8 × 14 9/16 × 9 15/16 in. (6 × 37 × 25.2 cm)