Description: | From old card index: "(From previous collection in Cheltenham.)
Ivy leaf pattern.
Made at Tyler Hill Kiln, Canterbury.
Border tile; rectangular, worn. (Accidental damage - edge broken (and missing?))."
Scrolling ivy foliage pattern. Slip inlay, glazed. Sticker on rear "Canterbury - Probably St. Augustine's Abbey - Made at Tyler Hill Kiln" Slip inlay, glazed. From old card index - Ex coll. Mr. R. Cooper F S.A. and from previous coll. In Cheltenham. One of the earliest monasteries in Britain, St. Augustine's Abbey was founded in the late 6th or early 7th century in Kent by
St. Augustine at the site of a trio of churches. Very important and wealthy, at its closure it earned more than £1700 a year,
and possessed a library of more than 2000 books. It was closed by Henry VIII on July 30, 1538, and the buildings were
partially dismantled and converted into a palace.
Accession number: NCM 1963-367 |