A GOUDA NAIL TILE (Goudse spijkertegel), painted in colours with a dove (duif) lifting its right paw, perched on a horizontal nail (minor chips to edge), mid 17th Century

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A GOUDA NAIL TILE (Goudse spijkertegel), painted in colours with a dove (duif) lifting its right paw, perched on a horizontal nail (minor chips to edge), mid 17th Century
128 x 128 mm

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These ornithological 'nail tiles' were produced at the de Swaen manufactory located at Gouda during the 17th Century

C.f Jkvr. C.H. de Jonge, Nederlandsche tegels, ill. 33b for similar examples of these rare tiles.

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