tile
- Museum number
- 1999,0310.1
- Description
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Earthenware tile, with moulded relief decoration of the three-tower castle of Castille, glazed in blue, green, black and rust on a white ground.
- Production date
- 19thC(late)-20thC(early)
- Dimensions
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Height: 140 millimetres
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Width: 140 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- One of a group of three tiles (see 1999,3-10, 2 and 3) based on Spanish tiles of the 16th century. For examples with similar interlocking strapwork borders, see 1887,10-10,8, OA 4376 and AF87. For an early 16th century version of the tower of Castille, see 1900, 7-18,1.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1999
- Acquisition notes
- Part of group of eight tiles purchased together in Ronda for £63.
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1999,0310.1
