Accession No
D 1950.10 C
Description
Fragment of a floor tile. Green glazed, patterned design in relief; traces of mortar on the underside.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge; Pembroke College
Period
Medieval 14th century
Source
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge; Lewis, Samuel Savage (Reverend) [collector]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
D 1950.10 C
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic (fired); Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
105mm
Events
Context (Related Documents)
Piece of paper found with object (19/9/2001) reads: 'Campsey Ash - L Keen; Suff Inst Arch XXXII (1971) ?Suffolk late 14th"' [Recorded by S-J Harknett]
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Production / use)
Possibly produced at the tile kiln at Bawsey, near King's Lynn, Norfolk.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Medieval floor tile, with stamped design, mainly a mosaic triangular forms. Green glazed remains in hollows. Fragment only.
Event Date 1950
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (References)
cf: Keen, Laurence. (1971). 'Medieval Floor-Tiles from Campsea Ash Priory'. Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute for Archaeology and History, vol. 32(2). pp. 140-151
Event Date 1971
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Field collection)
Collected by: S.S. Lewis
From Bawsey Kiln?
Event Date 29/4/1992
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (References)
Spier, J. and E. Vassilika. (1995). 'S.S. Lewis: Notes on a Victorian Antiquary and on Contemporary Collecting'. Journal of the History of Collections, 7 (no. 1) . pp. 85-102.
Event Date 1995
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Other)
A brown paper bag marked 'Cambridge Pembroke College 795' was found in 2000, and was bagged as relating to D 1950.10 C. This is presumably where the Place information was obtained, as it is not listed in the Accession Register or on the catalogue card.
Event Date 4/2/2019
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Fragment of a floor tile. Green glazed, patterned design in relief; traces of mortar on the underside.
Event Date 17/1/2024
Author: Jodi Zhang
FM:282714
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