Floor tile
Category
Architecture / Features & Decoration
Date
Unknown
Materials
Glazed earthenware
Measurements
133 x 98 x 26 mm
Collection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 1991025.11.1
Summary
Floor tile - Design 39 - Fragment - The tile has a negative form as the slip is the background and the body showing through is the design. This design features a band with the inscription of 'O gra' from Deo Gratias. Below the band are three veined leaves and cusped cinquefoil. The rose has inner and outer petals and emphasis of thin, small triangular points between outer foils. There is possibly a thin border of body fabric around the edges (or may be wear). The glaze is either yellow and dark green or pale olive and olive. Part of a 16 tile set with designs 32, 37 and 40. Early 16th century, possibly 1520s. (Group B – Burnett-Brown Tile Collection Report). One of two parts of a tile and this is the left side. The fragment is in very good condition but there is damage to the top left corner. The majority of the slip remains and is covered with glaze. There are a few small patches where both have worn away. There is a layer of glaze across the body of the tile. There is glaze along the left edge and on the reverse. This is a large fragment therefore, on the reverse, is a large section of the single, central scoop.