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Tile: EC.26-1936

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown (Uncertain)

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Description

Red earthenware, stamped in counter-relief, and either inlaid with white slip and lead-glazed or covered with underfired clear lead-glaze. Square. Design: the Lancastrian collar with its SS flanking the buckles, a pendant swan in the upper left corner and a fleur-de-lis.

Notes

History note: Burton Lazars Hospital. Collection of the Duke of Rutland, no. 20

Legal notes

Given by the Duke of Rutland

Measurements and weight

Depth: 2.3 cm
Height: 11.2 cm
Width: 11 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1936-02-13) by Duke of Rutland

Dating

Medieval
Circa 1400 CE - 1500 CE

Note

English; Burton Lazars (?), Leicestershire

Components of the work

Decoration
Upper Surface

Materials used in production

red Earthenware

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: EC.26-1936
Primary reference Number: 15239
Old object number: 20

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024

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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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