Tile
ca. 1984 (made)
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Hexagonal tile of white dust-pressed earthenware with an opaque white glaze on the face and all but two adjacent sides; the biscuit back of the tile with a series of ridges to aid keying. Overglaze printed decoration of a series of borders; the edge left white, then two thin orange borders enclosing a darker orange strip, the hexagon in the centre is magenta.
Object details
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| Brief description | Dust-pressed white earthenware with printed geometric decoraton in orange and magenta. Designed and decorated by Rye Tiles on a blank made by Candy & Co. Ltd., Devon. England, Sussex and Devon, about 1984 |
| Physical description | Hexagonal tile of white dust-pressed earthenware with an opaque white glaze on the face and all but two adjacent sides; the biscuit back of the tile with a series of ridges to aid keying. Overglaze printed decoration of a series of borders; the edge left white, then two thin orange borders enclosing a darker orange strip, the hexagon in the centre is magenta. |
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| Accession number | C.192-1984 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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