floor-tile

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Object Type
Museum number: OA.2735
Description: Earthenware floor tile, lead-glazed; design of a grotesque bird/griffin.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 14thC
Production place: Attributed at: London (England)
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Temple Church, church
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Length: 112 millimetres; Thickness: 30 millimetres; Width: 111 millimetres
Bibliographic references: Eames 1980 Vol 1 / Catalogue of Medieval Lead-Glazed Tiles in the Department of Medieval and Later Antiquities in the British Museum (13562); Eames 1980 Vol 2 / Catalogue of Medieval Lead-Glazed Tiles in the Department of Medieval and Later Antiquities in the British Museum (pl 1859)
Location: On display (G47/dc10)
Condition: Damaged good.
Subjects: griffin; grotesque
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: OA.2735

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