Floor tile
Category
Architecture / Features & Decoration
Date
1550 - 1553
Materials
Glazed Earthenware
Measurements
129 x 129 x 24 mm
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Ceramics and glass
NT 1545806.43
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 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). The tile has a dull sheen and much of the olive green can still be seen but the slip is damaged and pitted. There is a large round hole over the head of the scorpion.
Provenance
Purchased with the family collection of Abbey contents in situ from Mrs. Petronella Burnett-Brown, December 2009.