Tile
14th century or 15th century (made)
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Greyish earthenware with moulded decoration of a swan under a toothed archway under a greenish brown glaze.
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Materials and techniques | Earthenware, stamped and inlaid |
Brief description | Greyish earthenware with moulded decoration of a swan under a cusped arch under a greenish brown glaze. Possibly originally from Launcells Church, near Stratton in Cornwall. English, 14th or 15th century. |
Physical description | Greyish earthenware with moulded decoration of a swan under a toothed archway under a greenish brown glaze. |
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Credit line | Bought |
Object history | Possibly originally from Launcells Church, near Stratton in Cornwall. |
Historical context | Note in Register: Mr. Rackham's report to Director, 19 April 1916: In the course of card case listing in the Ceramics Dept., now just being completed, we have come across three English medieval tiles beraring no numbers, which came to light in the Crypt and have never been registered. On one of these objects is a Ms label "From modelling shop", the label itself evidently many years old. The object I have identified as one half (cut diagonally) of a square inlaid 13th century tile from Chertsey Abbey; a similar half tile in the British Museum is illustrated in the Museum catalogue of English earthenware. In 1905 three panels of Chertsey tiles came to light in the store rooms west of the Exhibition Road amongst modern tile work which formerly belonged, I believe, to what was known as the "Building Collection", they then had registered numbers assigned to them and are now exhibited in Room 137. These panels were fixed on slate beds, so is the half tile I have now found, and I think it may fairly be assumed that it was acquired through the same channel (perhaps the Office of Works?)." Director's remarks: I agree, doubtless the entry you suggest will constitute a sufficient caveat in case some indignant owner turned up to claim them. |
Production | Possibly originally from Launcells Church, near Stratton in Cornwall. |
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Accession number | C.76-1916 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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