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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Tile

1898 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tile of enamelled red earthenware impressed in raised outline and painted in colours on a white ground with a repeating pattern of quatrefoils enclosing arabesques devices and surrounded by floral scrolls.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Enamelled red earthenware impressed and painted in colours
Brief description
Tile of enamelled red earthenware impressed in raised outline and painted in colours, Derby Tile Company Ltd, Belper, 1898
Physical description
Tile of enamelled red earthenware impressed in raised outline and painted in colours on a white ground with a repeating pattern of quatrefoils enclosing arabesques devices and surrounded by floral scrolls.
Dimensions
  • Length: 23.8cm
  • Width: 11.4cm
Object history
Made in imitation of Spanish tiles of the 15th century.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
959B-1898

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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