Saint Catherine of Alexandria

Unknown

ca. 1500 · Lead-glazed earthenware (Hafnerware); with some tin-glazed white areas. · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

One of a group of tiles excavated in 1884 from the site of a monastery in Goslar, Germany. The monastery is known to have been built in 1486.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1500

Medium

Lead-glazed earthenware (Hafnerware); with some tin-glazed white areas.

Culture

German, Saxony or Thuringia

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Gift of R. Thornton Wilson, in memory of the late Harriette Post Welles, 1969