A Pair of G. W. Moore Glazed Sewer Tile Souvenir Lamp Bases
Uhrichsville, Ohio, 19th Century
base of each impressed Schoenbrunn Memorial / State Park / Founded 1772 / New Philadelphia, Ohio, and underside with impressed maker's mark.
Overall height 9 1/2 inches; height of sewer tile base 6 inches.
Made as souvenirs of Schoenbrunn Memorial State Park, now the Schoenbrunn Village, in New Philadelphia, Ohio. Schoenbrunn Village was established in 1772 as a Moravian mission among the Delaware Indians and was the first Christian settlement in Ohio.
Property from the Robert and Nancy Treichler Collection of Ohio Stoneware and Americana, Tallmadge, Ohio