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Ceramic object

tile; stove tile

Accession number: 7124
Production date: 1561
Material: ceramic; earthenware
Measurements: L 320 mm;W 222 mm;Th 40 mm
Museum Section: Post-Medieval
Summary: Stove tile with bright green glaze. Embossed with a representation of Logic within an arch, seated puttos above. Classically draped female figure with bare left breast, holding scales in right hand. Parallel in type in the Museum Mayer van den Bergh. Restored with a bottle green glaze. Light grey clay embossed with representation of Logic (DIALECTICA) in the Seven Liberal Arts series after Hans Sebald Beham, 1539. Renaissance architectronic frame after Hans Holbein younger, 1535-43
Location: Object stored at Mortimer Wheeler House (Ceramics and Glass store)
Category: Decorative tiles.
Sub-category: Stove tiles.

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