'St George and the Dragon' tile, red earthenware with painted and sgraffito decoration, blank tile industrially made, designed and decorated by Christina Sheppard, England, in production 1964-1985.

Red earthenware tile with painted and sgraffito decoration in colour glazes depicting St. George on horseback lancing the dragon.

Given by the designer

Christina Sheppard supplied the following technical information: "The technique used is called sgraffito. When dry, the design is scratched through a white glaze to the biscuit beneath. In the case of the black and white tiles, they are then fired to 1060 °C. With the coloured tiles, red iron oxide is sprayed on to deepen the lines and provide a background texture. When dry, this is brushed off, leaving some where appropriate. Other colours are then applied by brush. Finally, a blue or yellow glaze is sprayed over all and left to dry. When dry, it is brushed off any bits of the design that need to be white or another colour, and these colours are then applied on the white."

C.74:1-1994