Floor tile
Category
Architecture / Features & Decoration
Date
Unknown
Materials
Glazed eathenware
Measurements
131 x 131 x 26 mm
Collection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 1991000.6
Summary
Floor tile - Design 14 - The design depicts stylised rosettes in circles separated with dots in two bands with sharp edged foliage pierced in places. The tile has straight to slight bevel edge, plus a dull yellow to dark olive glaze. Potentially late 15th to early 16th century. It is part of a 16 tile set with designs 15, 16 and 17. (Group C – Burnett-Brown Tile Collection Report). The tile is in good condition. Small patches of slip are missing and the surface is a little pitted. Patches of glaze remains across most of the tile. There are small patches of glaze on all four edges. This tile has no scoop on the reverse.