Wall tile
Category
Architecture / Features & Decoration
Date
1800
Materials
Tin-glazed earthenware
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Speke Hall, Merseyside
NT 1196460.25
Summary
One of a collection of twenty two blue and white Dutch delftware tiles, hand painted underglaze blue decoration on white ground. Various rural landscapes contained in roundel, single foliate spray to each corner. cf. those in Gun Room. , cf.SPE.M.112.B. This tile shows a picture of a house, figure and birds pecking on the ground. A further house and two further figures can be seen in the background.