Floor tile
Category
Architecture / Features & Decoration
Date
1550 - 1553
Materials
Glazed earthenware
Measurements
126 x 129 x 24 mm
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Ceramics and glass
NT 1545808.11
Summary
Floor Tile - Design 5 – Initials W and G tied together with a ribbon below a swagged canopy within an arch. There are quarter rosettes in the upper corners. Olive green glazed body with a light green /creamy yellow slip inlay. From a collection of designs of tiles commissioned for Lacock Abbey by William Sharington. Manufactured between 1550-3. Design 4 and 5 both have rosettes and form a simple pattern with each other matching up the half rosettes and do not seem to fit with the carpet pattern of the bulk of the Sharington tiles. (Group A – Burnett-Brown Tile Collection Report). The glaze and slip has dark flecking and whilst chipped in places is in relatively good condition. There is a wear patch under the W.
Provenance
House contents purchased from Mrs. Petronella Burnett-Brown in 2009.