tile
- Museum number
- 1980,0307.71.c
- Description
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Earthenware sandwich tile, red between buff, inlaid with blue, white and red into the upper layer of buff, with a short sword (scimitar?) set within a circle and foliage at the corners. Maker's mark on reverse.
- Production date
- 1875-1882
- Dimensions
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Length: 10.80 centimetres
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Width: 10.80 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- This tile is from a set which also includes 1980,0307.71.a-b & d. The falchion, a short curved sword, is a symbol for St. Simon the Zealot, see R. Taylor, 'How to Read a Church', London, 2003, p. 114.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1980
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1980,0307.71.c