Tile
1590-1630 (made)
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Square border tile, tin-glazed earthenware painted in colours with scrolls and birds.
Object details
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Materials and techniques | tin-glazed earthenware |
Brief description | Square floor tile of tin-glazed red earthenware, painted in colours with a floral border design, Italy, probably Siena, 1590-1630 |
Physical description | Square border tile, tin-glazed earthenware painted in colours with scrolls and birds. |
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Credit line | Bought |
Object history | Bought from Mrs. E. Edkins, Bristol Probably originally from a palace owned by the Bandini family in Siena. |
Production | Note in Register: Possibly made in Siena for the Petrucci Palace. |
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Bibliographic reference | Cf. Dora Thornton and Timothy Wilson, Italian Renaissance Ceramics: A catalogue of the British Museum Collection, Vol II, London, 2009, pp. 612-614, cat. 380, for eight similar floor tiles, probably from the same pavement. One square tile with the arm of the Bandini family. With references to further similar tiles. |
Other number | 955 - Rackham (1977) |
Collection | |
Accession number | 966-1892 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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