Tile
early 16th century (made)
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Tile, red earthenware, impressed with a design of the arms of De Staffard a shield quarterly, in the first three fleurs-de-lys, in the second a bend between three lions, in the third a bend between a lion and a fleurs-de-lys, and in the fourth a chevron, the whole surrounded by the Order of the Garter and the legend "Honi soit qui mal y pense", two antelopes chained and a crest above, inlaid with white clay and glazed.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Earthenware, stamped, inlaid and glazed |
| Brief description | Tile, red earthenware, impressed with a design of the arms of De Staffard a shield quarterly, in the first three fleurs-de-lys, in the second a bend between three lions, in the third a bend between a lion and a fleurs-de-lys, and in the fourth a chevron, the whole surrounded by the Order of the Garter and the legend "Honi soit qui mal y pense", two antelopes chained and a crest above, inlaid with white clay and glazed, from Thornbury Castle, Gloucestershire, England, early 16th century |
| Physical description | Tile, red earthenware, impressed with a design of the arms of De Staffard a shield quarterly, in the first three fleurs-de-lys, in the second a bend between three lions, in the third a bend between a lion and a fleurs-de-lys, and in the fourth a chevron, the whole surrounded by the Order of the Garter and the legend "Honi soit qui mal y pense", two antelopes chained and a crest above, inlaid with white clay and glazed. |
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| Object history | Originally from Thornbury Castle, Gloucestershire, England. Formerly in the collection of William Edkins. Bought from his widow, Mrs E. Edkins, in 1892. |
| Production | Originally from Thornbury Castle in Gloucestershire. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Eames, Elizabeth S., Catalogue of Medieval Lead-Glazed Earthenware Tiles at the British Museum, London: British Museum Publications, Ltd., 1980 |
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| Accession number | 1097-1892 |
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| Record created | September 25, 2008 |
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