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

Tile

ca. 1300 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tile of red earthenware with an impressed design of a crowned lion within a circular band of zig-zag ornament.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware, impressed
Brief description
Red earthenware tile, impressed design of a crowned lion within zig-zag ornament, from the Stadion'sche Domherrenhof at Constance, destroyed by fire in 1898. German or Swiss, ca. 1300.
Physical description
Tile of red earthenware with an impressed design of a crowned lion within a circular band of zig-zag ornament.
Dimensions
  • Height: 13.5cm
  • Width: 13.5cm
  • Depth: 3.0cm
  • Weight: 0.890kg
Object history
Bought from the Forrer Collection.
From the Stadion'sche Domherrenhof at Constance.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Kaufmann, G., Bemalte Wandfliesen, Munich, 1973
Collection
Accession number
208-1902

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Record createdOctober 3, 2008
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