Pieter Schuyler

A Delft Tile Mystery at Schuyler Flatts, Hudson River

July 30, 2026 by Editorial Staff 2 Comments

Delft tiles are traditional, tin-glazed earthenware originating from the Netherlands as early as the 16th century. They are best known for their distinctive blue-and-white or polychrome hand-painted designs.

Developed in the Dutch city of Delft during the late 1500s as a local response to imported Chinese porcelain, these tiles were popular in New Netherland and New York, and were used on walls, hearths, and fireplace surrounds. [Read more…] about A Delft Tile Mystery at Schuyler Flatts, Hudson River

Schenectady Church Recognizing Indigenous ‘Four Kings,’ Early Mohawk Members

January 28, 2026 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

The “Four Kings” were Native American leaders who traveled to London, England in 1710 during Queen Anne’s War as diplomats of the Mohawk Valley. They met with Queen Anne in London, where their portraits, the earliest surviving oil portraits of Native people painted from life, were painted by Dutch artist John Verelst by royal commission.

Queen Anne’s War (1702-1713) was the second in a series of colonial wars fought in North America involving Great Britain, France, and Spain. The four men, long misidentified as Mohawk leaders, were actually three Mohawks and one Mohican man. [Read more…] about Schenectady Church Recognizing Indigenous ‘Four Kings,’ Early Mohawk Members

Pieter Schuyler

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