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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, red earthenware, impressed with a design of a grotesque swan.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware, impressed
Brief description
Tile, red earthenware, impressed with a design of a grotesque swan, from the Stadion'sche Domherrenhof in Constance, German or Swiss, circa 1300
Physical description
Tile, red earthenware, impressed with a design of a grotesque swan.
Dimensions
  • Taken from register height: 5 3/8in
  • Taken from register width: 5 3/8in
Object history
Originally from Stadion'sche Domherrenhof at Constance, destroyed by a fire in 1898.

Formerly in the collection of Dr Robert Forrer. Bought from him in 1902.
Historical context
The Stadion'sche Domherrenhof was destroyed by fire in 1898.
Production
From the Stadion'sche Domherrenhof in Constance.
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
95-1902

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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