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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 138, The Harry and Carol Djanogly Gallery

Tile

mid 14th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Red earthenware impressed with a design of a stag and infilled with white clay. The whole covered with a clear lead glaze.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
red and white earthenware covered with a clear lead glaze
Brief description
Red earthenware impressed with a design of a stag and infilled with white clay; the whole covered with a clear lead glaze. English, mid 14th century.
Physical description
Red earthenware impressed with a design of a stag and infilled with white clay. The whole covered with a clear lead glaze.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.5cm
  • Width: 11.0cm
  • Depth: 2.4cm
  • Weight: .590kg
Object history
In 1892 a large group of tiles was bought from Mrs. E. Edkins, the widow of William Edkins. Her husband had been a builder, who worked all over the west of England and many of his tiles came from buildings with which he had been involved.

Numbers 920 to 1435-1892 were bought from Mrs. E. Edkins. All were bought for £125.
Production
Made in the Penn tilery, Buckinghamshire
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
1062-1892

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Record createdNovember 29, 2007
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