Floor tile
Category
Architecture / Features & Decoration
Date
Unknown
Materials
Glazed earthenware
Measurements
133 x 82 x 25 mm
Collection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 1991001.14.1
Summary
Floor tile - Design 15 - Fragment - The design depicts a band of stylised rosettes within circles in the bottom left corner. The rest of the design has large stylised seaweed like foliage. The tile has a straight to slight bevel edge and a single central scoop in the reverse. The glaze is light olive over the slip and olive glaze over the body. Potentially late 15th to early 16th century. It is part of a 16 tile set with designs 14, 16 and 17. (Group C – Burnett-Brown Tile Collection Report). One of two parts of a tile. The tile part is in fair condition. Some slip is missing, particularly around the bottom and left sides. The little remaining glaze is mainly found on the slip with a small amount on the body. There is some mortar attached to the reverse and there is half of the single central scoop.