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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Tile Set

ca. 1580-1600 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Ornamental design forming a star with four tiles. Blue and yellow.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 4 parts.

  • Tile
  • Tile
  • Tile
  • Tile
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware with painted decoration
Brief description
Floor or wall tiles, blue and yellow ornamental design forming a star, tin-glazed earthenware with painted decoration, Netherlands, about 1580-1600
Physical description
Ornamental design forming a star with four tiles. Blue and yellow.
Gallery label
Floor or wall tiles made Netherlands About 1580-1600 Tin-glazed earthenware with painted decoration C.481 1-1923 Given by Henry Van den Bergh Esquire through the National Art Collections Fund(16/07/2008)
Credit line
Given by Mr Henry Van der Bergh through Art Fund
Subject depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Dam, J. D. van, et. al. Dutch tiles in the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Philadelphia : Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1984.
  • Rackham, Bernard. Dutch tiles : The Van den Bergh gift. London : Victoria and Albert Museum, 1923.
Other number
Van den Bergh 4 - Rackham (1923)
Collection
Accession number
C.481:1 to 4-1923

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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