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Floor tile

Lacock Abbey © National Trust / Clive James and Rod Stowell

Category

Architecture / Features & Decoration

Date

1550 - 1553

Materials

Glazed earthenware.

Measurements

131 x 128 x 24 mm

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Collection

Ceramics and glass

NT 1545806.3

Summary

Floor Tile - Design 3 - W S initials either side of a scorpion with dolphins below. Scorpion is very articulated, details of eyes and crease around mouth. Olive green glazed body with a light green/cream inlay. From a collection of 10 designs of tiles commissioned for Lacock Abbey by William Sharington. Manufactured between 1550-3. Part of a carpet with designs 1 (or 2), 6, 7, 8, 28 and 31 (Group A – Burnett-Brown Tile Collection Report). Much the glaze is intact but there are areas of complete loss of slip. There are signs of wear and chips round the edges.

Provenance

Purchased with the family collection of Abbey contents in situ, from Mrs. Petronella Burnett-Brown, December 2009

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