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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Toledo (city) (made)

One of four tiles (Azulejos) of tin-glazed red earthenware, impressed in slightly raised outline and painted in blue, brownish-yellow, green and white with repeating design consisting of a floral and foliated device enclosed within a geometrical compartment with a triple border. Spanish (Toledo), between 1525 and 1560.

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Categories	Ceramics Tiles
Object type	Tile
Materials and techniques	Tin-glazed earthenware
Brief description	One of four tiles (Azulejos) of tin-glazed red earthenware, impressed in slightly raised outline and painted in blue, brownish-yellow, green and white with repeating design consisting of a floral and foliated device enclosed within a geometrical compartment with a triple border. Spanish (Toledo), between 1525 and 1560.
Physical description	One of four tiles (Azulejos) of tin-glazed red earthenware, impressed in slightly raised outline and painted in blue, brownish-yellow, green and white with repeating design consisting of a floral and foliated device enclosed within a geometrical compartment with a triple border. Spanish (Toledo), between 1525 and 1560.
Dimensions	Length: 12.3cm Width: 12.3cm Thickness depth: 2.2cm
Gallery label	Tile Made in Toledo, Spain Tin-glazed earthenware 776:3-1900 Gift of Dudley B. Myers(16/07/2008)
Credit line	Given by Dudley B. Myers
Collection	Ceramics Collection
Accession number	776:3-1900

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Record created	July 16, 2008
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O160996/tile-unknown/

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