Floor tile
Category
Architecture / Features & Decoration
Date
1550 - 1553
Materials
Glazed earthenware
Measurements
128 x 130 x 26 mm
Collection
Ceramics and glass
NT 1545809.25
Summary
Floor Tile - Design 6 – Initials W and G tied together with a ribbon below a swagged canopy within an arch, the head of which continues. 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. These are part of a set with designs 1(or 2), 3, 7, 8, 28 and 31.(Group A – Burnett-Brown Tile Collection Report). Over most of the surface the shine of the glaze has gone but the colouring is in good condition. Much of the slip has either been lost or worn away, particularly over the G. The whole rear top edge has flaked away with a reduction in depth of 20mm in the centre.
Provenance
Purchased with the family collection of Abbey contents in situ from Mrs. Petronella Burnett-Brown, December 2009.