IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 17534 accession number: C.4-1928 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Wednesday 12 February 2025 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: fritware, mould made, painted in blue, green, turquoise and black under a colourless glaze Shape: comprised of twenty three tiles (labelled A-W) that form a tile panel of five rows. All tiles are rectangular or square in shape with original edges slightly bevelled. 1st (upper) row = equal shape, roughly square tiles labelled A, B, C 2nd row = two large rectangular tiles (D, J) with smaller rectangular off cuts (P, R, S) 3rd row = two large rectangular tiles (H, G) with smaller rectangular off cut (N) 4th row = two large rectangular tiles (K, I) with one smaller rectangular off cut (M, O) 5th (lower) row = two large rectangular tiles (E, F) with four fragments, three of which are rectangular (L, Q, T, U, V) and one large chip (W). Upper surface: all decoration is outlined in black. On the 1st row three tiles are painted with a frieze of arcading toped with palmettes containing split leaf arabesques that are reserved in blue and highlighted with green. This initial row may have been taken from a different context to the remaining rows. The remaining four rows contain tiles that are all decorated with a similar pattern comprising festooned manderolas linked by sinuous stems, both bordered with turquoise and containing floral sprays reserved in blue with green or turquoise. The surrounding area is filed with vine leaves, bunches of grapes and flowers including tulips painted in blue or green with turquoise highlights. On the bottom and the top row a palmette border is painted in blue and green, contained within two turquoise bands. Lower surface: undecorated except for splashes of glaze and areas of plaster title: tile panel NOTES ----- type: history note value: William Morris; Morris & Co. LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/17534 SUBJECTS ------------------- tulips grapes vine sprays tulips grapes vine sprays TECHNIQUES ---------- pale buff frit body painted in blue, green and turquoise-blue, outlined in black, under a clear glaze moulding CATEGORIES ------ category: fritware (stonepaste) DATING ------ creation date: 1560 - 1600 creation date earliest: 1560 creation date latest: 1600 culture: 16th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Depth units: cm value: 2.5 dimension: Height units: cm value: 126.5 dimension: Width units: cm value: 59 CITATIONS -------- Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Twentieth Annual Report, 1928 Islamic Tiles The Art of the Islamic Tile Iznik, Ottoman ceramics and tiles Leighton House Museum, Holland Park Road, Kensington --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa29/C_4_1928.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 496 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa29/C_4_1928.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 496 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa29/C_4_1928.jpg height: 1024 pixels width: 496 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa29/preview_C_4_1928.jpg height: 516 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/625/490/large_C_4_1928_201301_mfj22_dc1.jpg height: 2112 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/625/490/mid_C_4_1928_201301_mfj22_dc1.jpg height: 1031 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/625/490/C_4_1928_201301_mfj22_dc1.jpg height: 7242 pixels width: 3511 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/625/490/preview_C_4_1928_201301_mfj22_dc1.jpg height: 516 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: zoom format: pyramid tiff location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/625/490/C_4_1928_201301_mfj22_dc1.ptif height: 7242 pixels width: 3511 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/661/902/large_C_4_1928_201301_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 2112 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/661/902/mid_C_4_1928_201301_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 1031 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/661/902/C_4_1928_201301_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 7242 pixels width: 3511 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/661/902/preview_C_4_1928_201301_mfj22_mas.jpg height: 516 pixels width: 250 pixels