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Tile

1525-1550 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Ceiling tile of earthenware, glazed in honey-brown, green, blue, manganese and white, and lustred. Moulded with part of a complete design creates a series of octagonal coffers containing a rayed circled of flower-heads centred on a twelve-petalled flower, alternating with acanthus leaves with half-diamonds containing acanthus leaves.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware with moulded and lustre decoration
Brief description
Tile, tin-glazed earthenware with moulded and lustre decoration, made in Seville, Spain, 1525-1550
Physical description
Ceiling tile of earthenware, glazed in honey-brown, green, blue, manganese and white, and lustred. Moulded with part of a complete design creates a series of octagonal coffers containing a rayed circled of flower-heads centred on a twelve-petalled flower, alternating with acanthus leaves with half-diamonds containing acanthus leaves.
Dimensions
  • Length: 28cm
  • Width: 12.5cm
  • Approx. thickness: 2.8cm
Object history
From the inner roof of an old church at Carmona, near Seville.
Bibliographic reference
Ray, Anthony. Spanish Pottery 1248-1898 : with a catalogue of the collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum London, V&A Publications, 2000 887
Collection
Accession number
97:10-1881

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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