Floor tile
Category
Architecture / Features & Decoration
Date
1550 - 1553
Materials
Glazed earthenware
Measurements
132 x 131 x 25 mm
Collection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 1545806.34
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). There is a very small area of glaze but most of the slip is complete with a red area around the edge.
Provenance
Purchased with the family collection of Abbey contents in situ from Mrs. Petronella Burnett-Brown, December 2009.