Wall tile
Category
Architecture / Features & Decoration
Date
1800
Materials
Tin-glazed earthenware
Measurements
125 mm (H)130 mm (W)
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Speke Hall, Merseyside
NT 1196460.37
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 including a windmill on the right and a small house in front with fencing from centre to right. four sailing ships can be seen in the distance and a figure stands on a bridge with what may be a lighthouse behind.