Accession No

Z 16500.7


Description

Thin square Dutch Delft tile of white glaze with blue decoration. Composite object made of at least three different tiles featuring multiple scenes, formed of five fragments. Left tile has a black border line; a figure kneeling with hands raised over a chimney with a fire burning and smoke; one has twined leafy foliage; one has a person's head. All have a round border and two have 'barred ox-head' corner decoration, so they may have been combined for this reason, but they are clearly separate tiles.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge; Sussex Street


Period

Post Medieval 18th century


Source

Clarke, Louis Colville Gray [donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

Z 16500.7


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Tile


Local Term


Measurements

128mm


Events

Context (Related Documents)
Handwritten note with object reads: 'Found during alterations, in Coulsons old shop. Park Butchers. Sussex street. 1927.' And in another hand: 'Property of Curator'. And in another hand: 'L.C.G.C'.
Event Date
Author: Clare McKenna


Description (Physical description)
For Z 16500 [.1-8]: '5 Dutch, blue and white wall tiles.'
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Field collection)
Found during alterations in 'Coulson's old shop' [Coulson's Pork Butchers], Sussex Street in 1927.
Event Date 1927
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
For Z 16500 [.1-8]: 'Five whole tiles, three showing scenes of crucifixion. A further whole tile shows someone being flogged. The fifth whole tile shows a hunting scene. Three of these tiles have been glued back together. There are also three portions of tiles, which have been glued together from various pieces.'
Event Date 4/10/2001
Author: Clare McKenna


Description (Physical description)
Thin square Dutch Delft tile of white glaze with blue decoration. Composite object made of at least three different tiles featuring multiple scenes, formed of five fragments. Left tile has a black border line; a figure kneeling with hands raised over a chimney with a fire burning and smoke; one has twined leafy foliage; one has a person's head. All have a round border and two have 'barred ox-head' corner decoration, so they may have been combined for this reason, but they are clearly separate tiles.
Event Date 13/2/2024
Author: Clare McKenna


FM:309349

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