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Description: | An incomplete medieval - early post medieval glazed ceramic floor tile from the Low Counties (also known as 'Flemish' tiles) dating early 14th - 16th century. This tile was originally square - approximately one third of it is missing. The tile has a square nail hole in each corner form the manufacturing process. It is decorated with a mottled green lead-glaze. Dimensions: length: 203.77mm; width: 136.21mm; thickness: 29.93mm; weight: 1465.6g.Similar tiles have been found in London, and have been published by Samuel & Smith (2011:268) who note that "plain-glazed tiles, imported from the Low Countries from the early 14th until the 16th century...After demoulding and before glazing, the tiles were knife-trimmed along their edges using a square wooden template as a guide. To prevent this from slipping, small nails were knocked into it and these pressed into the clay; no attempt was made to plug the tiny holes thus formed and they are a distinguishing mark of the Low Countries tiles." Similar floor tiles have also been recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database e.g. LON-7B4C57; LON-963BF7; LON-DE7641.Reference: Samuel, M and Smith, T. P. 2011. Stone and ceramic building materials. In Burch, M. Treveil, P and Keene, D. 2011. The Development of early medieval and later Poultry and Cheapside. Excavations at 1 Poultry and vicinity, City of London. Monograph 38 Museum of London Archaeology, London.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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