Tile
1850-1851 (made)
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Stove tile of buff-coloured earthenware, moulded in relief and pierced, and with coloured majolica glaze. Decorated with four radiating Gothic vine-leaves in turquoise-blue, with bunches of grapes in orange on a dark blue ground, within a quatrefoil-shaped compartment, with small white trefoils in the angles of the tile and a yellow border.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Earthenware with majolica glaze |
| Brief description | Stove tile, relief-moulded and pierced earthenware with majolica glaze. Designed by A.W.N. Pugin for the Great Exhibition, made by Minton, about 1851 |
| Physical description | Stove tile of buff-coloured earthenware, moulded in relief and pierced, and with coloured majolica glaze. Decorated with four radiating Gothic vine-leaves in turquoise-blue, with bunches of grapes in orange on a dark blue ground, within a quatrefoil-shaped compartment, with small white trefoils in the angles of the tile and a yellow border. |
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| Credit line | Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street |
| Object history | Group of four stove tiles [2768 to 2771-1901]: Made as part of the large stove designed by A.W.N. Pugin for the Medieval Court at the Great Exhibition 1851. The stove was constructed of "majolica-glazed" tiles set in an iron frame made by Hardman of Birmingham, some of the upper tiles such as the Museums examples, being perforated. Acquired by the Museum of Practical Geology (Jermyn Street Collection) from the Exhibition, after which the stove was apparently dismantled. Transferred to the V&A in 1901. |
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| Accession number | 2771-1901 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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