Accession No

1923.1181 A-D


Description

Four red earthenware tiles, Penn type, with yellow decoration on red background. Pierced cross the ends of each arm with floral shapes reaching into each corner, surrounding a square set on the diagonal, square surrounding a small circle with four trefoils pointing into each corner of the square. One with finer details than the others, three tiles with traces of white mortar.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England


Period

Medieval


Source

Ransom, William [collector]; Ransom, Francis [donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1923.1181 A-D


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery; Red Ware; Tile


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (Analysis)
A: Penn type (See Hohler reference below).
C-D: (?See Z 16303)
Event Date
Author: Stephanie Chinneck


Description (CMS Description)
Four decorated tiles of red earthenware, covered with red material. Conventional pattern in white slip.

Event Date 1923
Author: maa


Context (References)
Hohler, Christopher. (1942). 'Medieval Paving Tiles in Buckinghamshire, Part 2.' Records of Buckinghamshire, vol. 14(2). pp. 99-132, p113
Event Date 1941
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Context (References)
Hohler, Christopher. (1941). 'Medieval Paving Tiles in Buckinghamshire, Part 1.' Records of Buckinghamshire, vol. 14(1). pp. 1-49, p35 cf fig P88
Event Date 1941
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Context (Production / use)
According to Hohler (1941, p9) this design was 'almost certainly made at Penn'
Event Date 17/11/2023
Author: Stephanie Chinneck


Description (Physical description)
Four red earthenware tiles, Penn type, with yellow decoration on red background. Pierced cross the ends of each arm with floral shapes reaching into each corner, surrounding a square set on the diagonal, square surrounding a small circle with four trefoils pointing into each corner of the square. One with finer details than the others, three tiles with traces of white mortar.
Event Date 17/11/2023
Author: Stephanie Chinneck


FM:45071

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