Floor tile
Category
Architecture / Features & Decoration
Date
Unknown
Materials
Glazed earthenware
Measurements
132 x 133 x 24 mm
Collection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 1991001.8
Summary
Floor tile - Design 15 - 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). The tile is in a fair condition, with some of the design visible. The glaze and the slip have nearly completely worn away on the top left corner. The bottom right corner is in better condition with glaze and slip present. A fault line in the clay runs across the bottom left corner. On the reverse is a single central scoop.