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Description: | Artist: Unknown; Date(s): circa 1700 - 1900; Classification(s): tin-glazed earthenware, tiles, tin-glazing, earthenware, tin-glazed white on the upper surface and painted in bright blue; Acquisition: bequeathed by Glaisher, J.W.L., Dr, 1928 [C.2794-1928]
Description: Four tiles in a frame. Earthenware, tin-glazed white on the upper surface and painted in bright blue. The four tiles form one repeat of the pattern. Each tile has a quarter circle in one corner, decorated with three spots, from which radiates a diaper panel, surmounted by a symmetrical arrangement of stylised ferns and flowers. In the opposite corner there is a quarter star, and in the two others a blue stripe with three reserved spots. On the two outer edges there are half flowers. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/terms.htm | Publisher: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Rights holder: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Subjects: | tin-glazed earthenware tiles Unknown | Temporal: | name=18th century; start=1700; end=1900 | Source: | Fitzwilliam Museum | Creator: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Identifier: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opacdire... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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