Skip to main content

Tile: EC.56-1936

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

Entities

Categories

Description

Red earthenware, stamped (?) inlaid with white slip and lead-glazed. In the middle, a lion rampant dexter (to the left), with above, below, to right and to left, a V flanked by group of four spots; in each corner, two curved lines enclosing a fleur-de-lis. There are two small holes in the top right-hand corner and one in the left-hand lower corner.

Notes

History note: Unknown before donor

Measurements and weight

Depth: 1.8 cm
Height: 13.6 cm
Width: 13.8 cm

Relative size of this object

13.8 cm13.6 cm1.8 cm What does this represent?

Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1943) by Dickson, W. D. (Frances Louisa), Mrs

Dating

17th Century
1600 CE - 1700 CE

Note

Netherlands (previously catalogued as English, Medieval or French)

Components of the work

Front

Materials used in production

red Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Stamping (marking) : Stamped in counter-relief, and inlaid with white slip and lead-glazed
Lead-glazing

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: EC.56-1936
Primary reference Number: 15875

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020

Associated departments & institutions

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

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Tile" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/15875 Accessed: 2023-05-31 01:52:35

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/15875 |title=Tile |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2023-05-31 01:52:35|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/objects/object-15875

Please enter your name as you would like to be addressed
Please enter your email address
The object accession number - this is prefilled
Please enter your query with as much detail as possible

More objects and works of art you might like

An image of Tile

Jael Killing Sisera

Accession Number: C.2823.19-1928

An image of Tile

Moses' Receiving the Tables of the Law

Accession Number: C.2823.8-1928

An image of Tile

A Landscape with Buildings

Accession Number: C.2823.17-1928

An image of Tile

Jonah Cast Up by the Whale

Accession Number: C.2823.11-1928

Suggested products from Curating Cambridge

Featured image for the project: Skating Scenes - Christmas card wallet

Skating Scenes - Christmas card wallet

£5.00

You might be interested in this...

Featured image for the project: Iznik Tile

Iznik Tile

Featured image for the project: Tile depicting a couple in a garden

Tile depicting a couple in a garden

Featured image for the project: No. 13 Frieze tile from Takht-e Soleyman

No. 13 Frieze tile from Takht-e Soleyman

Featured image for the project: No. 89 Tile showing Siyavosh playing polo against Afrasiyab

No. 89 Tile showing Siyavosh playing polo against Afrasiyab

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...

University of Cambridge Museums logo
Cambridge City Council logo
Arts Council England Logo
Research England logo