Floor tile
Category
Architecture / Features & Decoration
Date
Unknown
Materials
Glazed earthenware
Measurements
103 x 101 x 24 mm
Collection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 1991017.46.1
Summary
Floor tile - Design 31 - Fragment - The tile has a mid frieze of scrolls and a fimbriated rosette. The tile has olive and light olive glaze. From a collection of tiles comissioned for Lacock Abbey by William Sharington. Manufactured between 1550-3. Part of a pattern with designs 1 (or 2), 3, 6, 7, 8 and 28. (Group A – Burnett-Brown Tile Collection Report). One of two known parts of a tile and this is the right side. The tile part is in good condition. Most of the slip remains but none is glazed. There are a few small patches of glaze on the body. Spread across the tile part is a red/brown residue which could not be removed when cleaned. This is the largest part and on the reverse is the majority of the single, central scoop.