Mexican Coaster: Bird with Blue Border Jewelry Boxes Woman with a Rose

Woman with a Rose

grown in the highlands of Ceylon

ore importantly

1856 - 1925

is made using glazed red clay

Mexican Coaster: Bird with Blue Border Jewelry Boxes Woman with a RoseIsabella Gardner herself spent hours assembling the nearly 2,000 painted and glazed tiles into the appealing pattern we see today on the walls of the Spanish Cloister. Her friend, the artist Dodge Macknight, bought the tiles for her in Mexico in 1909 from the Church of San Agustn in Mexico. This coaster, featuring one of the tile designs from Church of San Agustn now located in the Museum's Spanish Cloister, is sure to be a utilitarian touchstone for