tile
- Museum number
- 1999,0310.2
- Description
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Earthenware tile, with relief-moulded decoration of the motto of Charles V: NE PLVS VLTRA, flanked by columns. Glazed in blue, green, black and rust on a white ground. Partial factory backstamp,
- Production date
- 19thC(late)-20thC(early)
- Dimensions
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Height: 140 millimetres
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Width: 140 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- One of a group of three tiles (see 1999,3-10, 1 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. This tile is a direct copy of examples that decorate the buildings erected by Charles V in the Alhambra in Granada and in the Royal Palace in Seville.
- 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
- 1999,0310.2
