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Description: | A decorative Medieval floor tile, slightly damaged. The base of the tile is also damaged, probably as a result of it being removed from its original setting. The tile is two-tone and is decorated with a pair of parallel lines that divide the tile diagonally in half. Another pair of parallel lines runs off from the centre to the edge of the tile, dividing half of the tile into two further segments. Within these segments is a fleur-de-lys design. In the lower half of the tile there is an arc with nine diamond shapes bound in the arc by two lines. Beneath this is what appears to be a leaf design (reminiscent of a maple leaf) bound within a pointed arch. This pattern appears to be repeated once either side of the central design. The tile would have been one of a large mosaic of tiles, popular in wealthy houses and ecclesiastical buildings during the mid 13th to 14th centuries. The two-tone effect of the tile was achieved by etching the design into the clay base then filling these voids with a white clay. Coating the surface of the tile with lead glaze gives these tiles their distinctive yellow and brown colour scheme. The fabric of the tile is a pale pink and contains small white stone inclusions as well as flecks of iron oxide, but is otherwise a fine and well fired clay.
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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