Floor tile
Category
Architecture / Features & Decoration
Date
Unknown
Materials
Glazed earthenware
Measurements
127 x 80 x 28 mm
Collection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 1991025.12
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). The fragment is three fragments glued together to create the right side of a tile and, despite this, it does feel stable. There are a few chunks missing around the fault lines. Both the glaze and slip are in very good condition. A part from along the fault lines, all the slip is present and both the slip and body are covered in a good layer of glaze. There is glaze along the top and bottom edges and on the reverse, is a section of a single, central scoop.