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Tile
Tile, buff-coloured earthenware, flat square shape; the upperside of the tile covered with a pinkish-white tin-glaze, this then decorated with around the edge of the tile a manganese purple powdered ground, against which is reserved to the centre of the tile an octagonal panel painted in blue with a female figure holding a cornucopia in one hand and a spray of flowers in the other, to each corner of the tile is reserved a stylized flower head painted in blue.
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 34890
Creation/Production
Unknown
Date: 18th century (mid)
Acquisition
Gift, 27/6/1959
Given by A.E. Hartley
Measurements
Height
(cm): 0.8
Length
(cm): 12.5
Width
(cm): 12.4
Height
(in): 5
Length
(in): 4
Width
(in): 4
Techniques
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
tin-glazed
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
in-glaze colours
decoration
Applied Art
Material
tin-glazed earthenware
Location
In store
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