Medieval floor tile from Tintern Abbey with two birds

An image of Tile. Unknown Maker. Red earthenware, stamped, inlaid with white clay and lead-glazed. Within a circular medallion, two birds flanking a formal tree. On the back four keys. Height 13.9 cm, width 13.9 cm, depth 2.2 cm, circa 1200-1300. Provenance: Label on back 'a Tile taken out of the/original pavement of Tintern Abbey./1821/I saw not more than two or three/tiles remaining in the Abbey'. English. Medieval.

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Tile. Unknown Maker. Red earthenware, stamped, inlaid with white clay and lead-glazed. Within a circular medallion, two birds flanking a formal tree. On the back four keys. Height 13.9 cm, width 13.9 cm, depth 2.2 cm, circa 1200-1300. Provenance: Label on back 'a Tile taken out of the/original pavement of Tintern Abbey./1821/I saw not more than two or three/tiles remaining in the Abbey'. English. Medieval.

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Accession Number: C.26-1929
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/18.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 1004 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 1.05MB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 18/1
Captured: 2014:03:14 16:10:29

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13th Century birds circular clay double earthenware English Fitz_AA floor tile glazed inlaid inlay lead-glazed medallions Medieval Middle Ages round tiles

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