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Medieval ceramic floor tile
Lewis Group 21 no.305
Slip-on impression. Part of a 16-tile design (made up of nos. 304-6) BM Design 2897 (Great Malvern Priory).
The overall 16-tile design comprises a circle of linked five-petalled roses flanked by double lines enclosing a quatrefoil containing leaf designs (centre tile not present); outside the circle in each corner a shield of arms: a cross patonce between five martlets (Westminster Abbey, the mother house of Gloucester Abbey), flanked by two traceried roundels containing a trefoil and a quatrefoil respectively.
A fragment of a decorated ceramic floor tile
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
98.27H/11.1
Find Information
Site Name: Monmouth Comprehensive School, Monmouth
Collection Method: chance find
Date: 1977
Notes: found during construction work
Acquisition
Donation, 21/5/1998
Measurements
length / mm:72.7 x 39.9
thickness / mm:32.1
weight / g:125.6
Material
ceramic
Techniques
slip-on impression
Ceramic Surface Finish
Location
In store
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