Wall tile
Category
Architecture / Features & Decoration
Date
1800
Materials
Tin-glazed earthenware
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Speke Hall, Merseyside
NT 1196460.39
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 with a large building in the centre, three sailing ships in the distance and two black swans swimming to the left. Reeds and fencing can be seen in the foreground.