Production: Unknown (Probably)
Ridge tile. Red earthenware with mottled greenish-yellow glaze over a white slip. Of inverted V-shaped section, with at one end a finial in the form of a globe, with a crown on the top and round the middle two cherubs, a griffin and a fourth ornament now missing. There is a hole in the outer side of the globe where the ornament is missing (if there was one there originally).
History note: The Manor House, Ilfracombe, built 1561, now demolished; purchased privately from Pilton, nr. Barnstaple, 1924
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 34.2 cm
Length: 49.0 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century#
Circa
1600
CE
-
1700
CE
English; North Devon, probably Barnstaple
Glaze composed of glaze ( mottled greenish-yellow)
red Earthenware
Glazing (coating) : Red earthenware with mottled greenish-yellow glaze
Accession number: C.69-1928
Primary reference Number: 15271
Old object number: GL. 4480
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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