Floor tile
Category
Architecture / Features & Decoration
Date
1550 - 1553
Materials
Glazed earthenware
Measurements
130 x 130 x 26 mm
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Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 1545810.35
Summary
Floor Tile - Design 7 – This design shows two dolphins either side of a tulip shaped vase with scorpion tail rising to the right. Fimbriated rosette at the bottom left hand corner plus part of arc and swag foliage. Olive green glazed body with a light green /creamy yellow slip inlay. There is a shallow central scoop on the reverse of the tile. 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, 6, 8, 28 and 31.(Group A – Burnett-Brown Tile Collection Report). The glaze is mostly lost with only traces on the top and bottom surfaces. The tile has a grey appearance and is worn over the whole surface with the loss of most of the design. There is chipping of the lower right corner.
Provenance
Purchased with the family collection of Abbey contents in situ from Mrs Petronella Burnett-Brown December 2009.