Two days ago, I posted most of these pictures to my Facebook page in what I consider to be one of the most unusual discoveries that I have ever seen in New England. These green glazed red earthenware stove tiles from Germany, many of which are adorned with biblical figures, were salvaged by a company five-to-ten years ago from a late eighteenth or early nineteenth century church that was under demolition in northern New England, although I am still trying to learn more information about the church and its following.
Nevertheless, thanks to a number of generous people on Facebook, it has been determined that these eighteen tiles came from multiple stoves, most likely dating from the circa 1630-1650s period. I think that is remarkable; however, these tiles were removed from a wall in the church so a number of questions certainly revolve around their use prior to this period.
These type of stove tiles are found in museums all around the world today, including the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, the British Museum also in London, the Bavarian National Museum in Germany and the Chipstone Foundation in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Interestingly, these type of stoves were made in America in at least two locations in the eighteenth and nineteenth century, where there were German settlements; the first being in Salem, North Carolina, such as one surviving example that is displayed at the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts, as well as archaeological evidence recovered at the site of Carl Mehwaldt's (1808-1887) Pottery in the Village of Bergholz in Western New York.
17th Century Green Glazed Red Earthenware Stove Tiles from Germany
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