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Medieval ceramic floor tiles
Lewis Group 56 no.763 Counter-relief. Corner tile of a 9-tile design (central tile missing): the overall design consists of a circular band with pellets, containing two interlaced squares set diagonally to each other, one looped round the circle at its corners; in the spaces are hearts, a quatrefoil, five-petalled flowers and a fetter-lock; in each corner outside the circle are two leaf motifs. The fetter-lock was a Yorkist device, borne first by Edmund Langley (1341-1402) and later by Edward IV (1442-83).
Also Chester: Dom. Friary (Rutter 1990, 44/304); Astbury Church, Cheshire (Renauld vol. 1, 136); also BM Designs 2845 (Rievaulx).
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
81.103H/6
Find Information
Site Name: Hanmer Church, Wrexham
Acquisition
Donation, 3/11/1981
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Material
ceramic
Location
In store
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