Pantile shard
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
notes: label: Description
content: A pantile shard from an unknown architectural structure. The shard is constructed from terracotta and coated in a black glaze. It has a concave profile and a roughly triangular shape. The decorative, convex side of the shard is almost entirely coated in a shiny black glaze. There is a small chip in the glaze along the right edge and the bottom edge of the fragment has a curvilinear shape. The back of the shard is fully covered in black discoloration. The surface is roughly textured. Patches of white salt efflorescence coat the surface.
place: label: Place used
content: United States, North and Central America
label: Place collected
content: 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: 2017.108.21.54
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: 1 × 6 7/8 × 4 15/16 in. (2.6 × 17.5 × 12.6 cm)