Rookwood Pottery Tile - Tyler Davidson Fountain


Item Number: 143

Time Left: CLOSED

Value: Priceless

Online Close: Dec 5, 2010 7:00 PM EST

Bid History: 12 bids - Item Sold!


Description

The plaque dimensions are 6"x6", fired in light blue glaze, depicts the Tyler Davidson fountain on the front. The Tyler Davidson Fountain " The Genius of Water" is one of the city's most famous symbols and one of the area's most-visited attractions.


The following poem is engraved on the back, in addition to the Rookwood seal. Dedication of the Tyler Davidson Fountain on October 6, 1871.


May our whole lives, while here,


Be Like this fountain near,


As pure, as brightly clear,


As blest thier flow.


-L.J. Cist

Donated by

Rookwood Pottery Company