Floor tile
Category
Architecture / Features & Decoration
Date
Unknown
Materials
Glazed earthenware
Measurements
76 x 78 x 25 mm
Collection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 1991017.50
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 commissioned 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). The tile fragment is in good condition and is the bottom left corner. Most of the slip is present but there are patches where it is completely missing. All of the present slip is glazed. On the body, there is a good layer of glaze but there are a couple of dents where it is missing. There is a small amount of glaze on both outer edges.