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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. 1542 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tile of buff coloured earthenware covered with a tin glaze and painted in colours with the head of a jester with pointed ears.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware covered with tin glaze and painted
Brief description
Tile of buff coloured earthenware covered with a tin glaze and painted in colours. From the Chateau d'Ecouen. French, Rouen, about 1542.
Physical description
Tile of buff coloured earthenware covered with a tin glaze and painted in colours with the head of a jester with pointed ears.
Dimensions
  • Length: 11.0cm
  • Width: 11.0cm
  • Depth: 2.4cm
Credit line
Bought
Historical context
Some of the tiles from this pavement bear the arms of Anne de Montmorency impaling those of his wife Madelaine of Savoy.
Note in Register: A set of Ecouen tiles was for sale at the Salon International de la ceramique de Collection et des Arts du Feu, Paris, 1997
Production
Originally from the Chateau d'Ecouen.
Subject depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Leroy, G.C., 'Avers et revers des pavements du Chateau d'Ecouen'. Revue de l'art, no.116 (1997), pp.27-41
  • Vaudour, C., 'Masseot Abaquesne', Bulletin Imformation de Céramica, no.25 (Feb./March 1985)
  • Lane, Arthur, Guide to the Collection of Tiles, London: V&A, 1939
  • Object Information File (8533-1863)
Collection
Accession number
8492:5-1863

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Record createdDecember 30, 2010
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