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Description: | A post-medieval Spanish 'maiolica' aka delftware glazed polychrome tile dating to the 17th century. The tile is made of a light brown fired clay fabric with sparse small-medium white inclusions. The tile is a flat square with a damaged top right corner, the reverse is flat but rough sloping sides designed to ease the setting of the tile. The upper side is decorated with a glazed polychrome design and the reverse is undecorated with a substantial amount of mortar still adhering. The design consists of a cherub or angel left with its head turned to face outwards. The angel is naked and has small stubby wings outlined in dark blue and coloured light blue; one is half coloured in yellow. The angel/cherub has a yellow halo and its body is outlined in dark blue with some light blue shading. The Angel is holding a scroll or possibly an urn handle. To the left of the angel is an ornate urn with a dark blue foot, a ribbed lower bowl picked out in white, dark and light blue. The ribbed section of the urn is collared at the bottom and the top by a bright yellow band. The top bowl of the urn is light blue with a yellow band between the neck and the bowl. The neck is dark blue and rim light blue. The urn is shown to contain some sort of foliage in light blue and yellow, a yellow leaf of which is show by the urn's foot. To the right of the angel/cherub is a tiered construction alternating light blue and bright yellow the second tier from the bottom has been misfired and is a brown colour rather than the yellow it should have been. The top and bottom of the tile is bordered by an inner line of bright yellow and outer of dark blue. Several chips are present on the surface of the tile disrupting the design particularly around the cherub's left foot.The glaze is particularly crizzled (cracked resembling crazy paving) across the majority of the surface, the yellow and very darkest blue seems less affect however. Measurments: 138.13mm wide, 137.13mm long, 16.08mm thick and 505g in weight.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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