Floor tile
Category
Architecture / Features & Decoration
Date
Unknown
Materials
Glazed earthenware
Measurements
124 x 123 x 25 mm
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Ceramics and glass
NT 1545814.11
Summary
Floor Tile - Design 11 – Heraldic design with the shield of de Clare set diagonally within a circle beneath a band of 5 petalled rosettes. There is droopy foliage in the opposite corner to the shield and there is a band of inlay along two edges to form a frame around four tiles. The tile is designed to be repeated with itself in a set of four tiles. The tile has a straight bevelled edge and a single shallow scoop in the reverse. The slip is cream coloured, with a light olive glaze over the slip and light to dark olive over the body of the tile. (Group C – Burnett-Brown Tile Collection Report). No glaze remains on the tile and almost all the slip has worn away, but the remaining slip and depressions make the design discernible. There is a small hole in the top left hand corner.
Provenance
Purchased with the family collection of Abbey contents in situ from Mrs Petronella Burnett-Brown December 2009.