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Accession number: 26122
Collection place: Antwerp, Belgium
Production date: 1545-1570
Material: ceramic; earthenware
Measurements: L 113 mm; W 95 mm; T 15 mm
Museum Section: Post-Medieval
Summary: Part of a polychrome tile; buff fabric. Background of a white glaze, discoloured. A n inscription in blue in a blue and yellow medallion border. The corner motifs are three simple shapes edged in blue and coloured light blue and ochre. Top right hand corner; broken diagonally, about half the tile remains. [Dove collection no E70]
Location: Object stored at Mortimer Wheeler House (Ceramics and Glass store)
Category: Decorative tiles.

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