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Description: | A two-tone decorative ceramic tile dating to the medieval period. The tile has inlaid decoration filled with a white slip which was then covered with a clear lead glaze which appears dark olive-brown. The fabric is semi-oxidised as the core of the tile is grey. There are keying holes on the underside of the tile, and some glaze has spilt on to the reverse. The decoration is in the form of a cruciform fret attached to a studded quadrant and would have fitted into a much larger pattern. Tiles of the same design are noted in (Emden 1969 no 15) where they appear at Godstow Abbey and St Frideswides Priory in Oxford. This type of tile is termed the 'Wessex' type. It is likely however that this tile is from a more local source, possibly Nettlebed in South Oxfordshire to judge by the components of the fabric (Maureen Mellor pers. comm.). They date to about the 14th century AD; those in Emden are dated from AD 1330-1380.
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