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Basic Information | Accession Number: | 1934A480 |
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Collection: | Antiquities - Mediaeval |
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Date: | 1300 - 1400 |
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Notes | This mediaeval glazed floor tile was found during excavations of foundations for a new post office near Coventry.Floors made of tiles like this became popular with the rich in England from the 1230s. The tiles were decorated with all sorts of designs - flowers, real and imaginary animals, heraldic shields, inscriptions and single letters, like this M.To make a tile, an engraved wooden block was pushed into a square of red clay. The sunken design this left was filled with white clay and the surface of the tile was coated with a lead glaze. When the tile was fired in a kiln the impurities in the glaze made the red clay look brown and the white clay look yellow. | Presented by Alfred Stainton, 1934. |
Further Information | Production Period: | 14th century |
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Material(s): | Terracotta |
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Place of Origin: | Coventry - near, Warwickshire, England |
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Place of Excavation: | Found during excavations of foundations for a new post office. Coventry - near, Warwickshire, England |
Dimensions | Height: | 120 mm |
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Width: | 120 mm |
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Depth: | 30 mm |
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