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Geoffrey Chaucer

Tile
1863 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Earthenware, painted in enamel colours and covered with a clear lead glaze; the whole encased in an oriental style walnut wood frame. Designed by Edward Burne-Jones and painted by William Morris. England, 1864


Object details

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Object type
TitleGeoffrey Chaucer (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Painted in green, yellow, red and brown with a portrait in profile of Dante Gabriel Rossetti as the poet Geoffrey Chaucer reading, in the background is a rose and all contained within a roundel. Inscribed: Geoffrey Chaucer. Tin-glazed earthenware Dutch blank
Brief description
Earthenware, painted in enamel colours and covered with a clear lead glaze; the whole encased in an oriental style walnut wood frame. Designed by Edward Burne-Jones and painted by William Morris. England, 1864
Dimensions
  • Height: 15.3cm
  • Width: 15.3cm
  • Height: 27cm (Note: Measurement includes wooden frame and is taken from last condition report in 2010 for The Cult of Beauty loan/exhibition)
  • Width: 26.5cm (Note: Measurement includes wooden frame and is taken from last condition report in 2010 for The Cult of Beauty loan/exhibition)
  • Depth: 5cm (Note: Measurement includes wooden frame and is taken from last condition report in 2010 for The Cult of Beauty loan/exhibition)
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Parry, Linda, ed. William Morris. London: Philip Wilson Publishers Limited, 1996. 384 p., ill. ISBN 0856674419
  • Smith, Alison. Edward Burne-Jones. London, 2018 fig. 15, p. 61
Collection
Accession number
C.61-1979

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Record createdJanuary 9, 2004
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