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Maker: Unknown
Red earthenware, stamped, inlaid with white clay and lead-glazed. Within a circular medallion, two birds flanking a formal tree. On the back four keys.
History note: Label on back 'a Tile taken out of the/original pavement of Tintern Abbey./1821/I saw not more than two or three/tiles remaining in the Abbey'
Given by Aymer Vallance
Depth: 2.2 cm
Height: 13.9 cm
Width: 13.9 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1929-10-30) by Vallance, Aymer
13th Century
Medieval
Circa
1200
-
1300
English, Wessex type,from Tintern Abbey, Monmouthshire
Decoration
Upper Surface
red Earthenware
Inscription present: illegible signature
Accession number: C.26-1929
Primary reference Number: 15164
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Tile" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/15164 Accessed: 2024-11-08 20:48:59
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|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-08 20:48:59|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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