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Tile: EC.27-1936

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown (Uncertain)

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Description

Red earthenware, stamped in relief and either inlaid with white slip and lead-glazed or covered with underfired clear lead-glaze. Square. Design: curving band decorated with cinquefoils enclosing a heart which is pierced by a cinquefoil; foliage in the outer corners.

Notes

History note: Burton Lazars Hospital. Collection of the Duke of Rutland, no. 23

Legal notes

Given by the Duke of Rutland

Measurements and weight

Square: 11.5 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Burton Lazars ⪼ Leicestershire ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Medieval
Circa 1400 CE - 1600 CE

Note

English; Burton Lazars (?), Leicestershire

Components of the work

Decoration

Materials used in production

red Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Lead-glazing

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: EC.27-1936
Primary reference Number: 15240
Old object number: 23
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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