Tile
ca. 1250-1275 (made)
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Decorative tiles were used on the floors of palaces, churches and wealthy homes. Individual tiles are often decorated with fantastic creatures. Griffins were frequently paired with lions, both of which were long established in western art. Other monsters as depicted here reflect the medieval capacity to create new and imaginative beasts.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Earthenware, impressed |
| Brief description | Tile, red earthenware, impressed with a design of the figure of a devil holding a shield and club, from the Stadion'sche Domherrenhof in Constance, German or Swiss, circa 1250-75 |
| Physical description | Tile, red earthenware, impressed with a design of the figure of a devil holding a shield and club. |
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| 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. |
| Production | From the Stadion'sche Domherrenhof at Konstanz, Germany |
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| Summary | Decorative tiles were used on the floors of palaces, churches and wealthy homes. Individual tiles are often decorated with fantastic creatures. Griffins were frequently paired with lions, both of which were long established in western art. Other monsters as depicted here reflect the medieval capacity to create new and imaginative beasts. |
| Bibliographic reference | Graves, A. Tiles and Tilework (V&A Publications, 2002) p.22
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | 99-1902 |
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| Record created | December 15, 2008 |
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