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Production: Unknown
Red earthenware, stamped (?) inlaid in white slip and lead-glazed. In the middle, a lion rampant dexter (to left), with above, below, to right and to left, a V flanked by groups 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.
History note: Unknown before donor
Given by Mrs W.D. Dickson
Depth: 1.8 cm
Height: 13.6 cm
Width: 13.8 cm
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.
Method of acquisition: Given (1943-09-20) by Dickson, W. D. (Frances Louisa), Mrs
17th Century
Circa
1600
CE
-
1700
CE
Previously catalogued as English, Medieval or French
Decoration
composed of
lead-glaze
Front
Accession number: EC.56-1943
Primary reference Number: 16075
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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/16075 Accessed: 2023-06-08 23:48:36
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
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|title=Tile
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2023-06-08 23:48:36|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/objects/object-16075
To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:
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