Floor tile
Category
Architecture / Features & Decoration
Date
1550 - 1553
Materials
Glazed Earthenware
Measurements
129 x 130 x 23 mm
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Ceramics and glass
NT 1545811.23
Summary
Floor Tile - Design 8 – This design shows scrolls and a vase below a double band with swags and scorpion tail tips. 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, 7, 28 and 31.(Group A – Burnett-Brown Tile Collection Report). The tile colouring is light grey with brown patches. There are some patches of glaze remaining and a number of pitted holes with a dark brown colour.The pattern is well defined across the tile with worn areas. the top left corner is chipped away. There is mortar on the right and left edges.
Provenance
Purchased with the family collection of Abbey contents in situ from Mrs Petronella Burnett-Brown December 2009.