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Tile

Tile

  • Place of origin:

    Staffordshire (made)

  • Date:

    ca. 1760 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Unknown

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Salt-glazed stoneware, moulded in relief

  • Credit Line:

    Bequeathed by Mr Wallace Elliot

  • Museum number:

    C.106:3-1938

  • Gallery location:

    Ceramics, Room 138, The Harry and Carol Djanogly Gallery, case 6, shelf 8

Physical description

Tile of salt-glazed stoneware, moulded in relief with a gardener, snail and garden buildings, from one of the Aesop's fables.

Place of Origin

Staffordshire (made)

Date

ca. 1760 (made)

Artist/maker

Unknown

Materials and Techniques

Salt-glazed stoneware, moulded in relief

Dimensions

Length: 12.7 cm, Width: 12.7 cm

Object history note

London, Stoner & Evans, 1931.

Descriptive line

Tile, salt-glazed stoneware moulded in relief with subjects from Aesop's fables, made in Staffordshire, ca. 1760

Labels and date

Tiles
Made in Staffordshire, about 1760
Salt glazed stoneware, moulded in relief with subjects from Aesop's fables

C.106-1938 Wallace Elliot bequest [23/05/2008]

Materials

Stoneware; Salt glaze

Techniques

Moulded; Glazed

Subjects depicted

Snails; Gardeners

Categories

Ceramics; Tiles

Collection

Ceramics Collection

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