Tile fragment
Category
Architecture / Features & Decoration
Date
1550 - 1553
Materials
Glazed earthenware.
Measurements
50 x 60 x 25 mm
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Ceramics and glass
NT 1545811.44
Summary
Fragment of 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). This is the central section of the tile showing the vase. A dull glaze remains with signs of pitting filled with bright glaze.
Provenance
Purchased with the family collection of Abbey contents in situ from Mrs Petronella Burnett-Brown December 2009.