Medieval English floor tile

An image of Floor Tile. Production Place: Wessex, England. Stamped, inlaid with white clay and lead-glazed, height, whole, 13.4 cm, width, whole, 13.3 cm, depth, whole, 2.3, cm, 13th/14th Century. Medieval.

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Floor Tile. Production Place: Wessex, England. Stamped, inlaid with white clay and lead-glazed, height, whole, 13.4 cm, width, whole, 13.3 cm, depth, whole, 2.3, cm, 13th/14th Century. Medieval.

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Accession Number: EC.8-1937
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/19.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 999 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 237.79kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 19/1
Captured: 2013:02:20 15:32:11

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13th Century 14th Century clay coat of arms crest devices English family crest Fitz_AA floor tile glazed heraldic heraldic crest heraldry inlaid inlay lead-glazed Medieval Middle Ages shield square stamp stamped tiles

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