Four Tiles in a Frame
Pottery: unidentified Portuguese pottery
Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue and yellow
Cream earthenware, tin-glazed white on the upper surface and painted in blue and yellow. The four tiles form half of a repeating eight-tile design. An octagonal yellow frame filled with formal blue and yellow motifs on a white ground; in the corners, a fleur-de-lys and an arc reserved in white on a blue ground, and yellow half leaves on the corner tips.
History note: Found in a deserted monastery in South West Portugal about 1884-5 by Dr Hans Gadow, MA, FRS (1855-1928); Mrs Hans Gadow (b. 1861, née Clara Maud Paget); possibly given in 1937 or 1942 when she gave other items to the Fitzwilliam Museum
Given by Mrs Hans Gadow
Method of acquisition: Given by Gadow, Hans, Mrs
16th Century, Late-17th Century, Early#
Circa
1575
CE
-
Circa
1625
CE
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colour
( blue and yellow)
Front
composed of
tin-glaze
Tile D
Depth 1.5 cm
Height 14.2 cm
Width 14.3 cm
Tile C
Depth 1.5 cm
Height 14.3 cm
Width 14.4 cm
Tile A
Depth 1.5 cm
Height 14.5 cm
Width 14.3 cm
Tile B
Depth 1.5 cm
Height 14.5 cm
Width 14.4 cm
Accession number: C.19A-D-X
Primary reference Number: 197483
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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