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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. The tile is made from a red clay with a mottled green and yellow glaze on the upper surface. The tile was originally square but approximately half the tile is missing. The piece contains two original corners and one complete original edge. There is a hole on the upper surface in one corner.Dimensions: length: 210mm; width: 95mm; thickness: 24mm; weight: 798g.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.
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