Placque stove tile
Also known as: Cahlă-placă
Record status
Individual type · partial
Placque stove tile is held by Alba Iulia Roman Catholic Archdiocese. Museum description: Rectangular plaque stove tile, made of fine paste with a high mica content, fired completely to a brick red.
The clay was pressed into the mold by hand and with the aid of a wooden spatula. Green glaze over slip, on some fragments well preserved, on others completely iridized into silver. On the back traces of soot. Decoration: armored knight, equestrian, framed by a Gothic portal. Beneath the horse's belly two human heads, one with a turban and the other with a fez. The ogee portal is decorated with rich foliage, both on the intrados and on the extrados.
On the extrados between tendrils two other turbaned heads are suspended. The museum record gives measurements length: 36 cm; width: 26 cm; thickness: 0.7 cm. These details come from the holding museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
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Physical characteristics
- Dimensions
- lungime: 36 cm; lățime: 26 cm; grosime: 0,7 cm
Identification
- Europeana id
- /2048047/Clasate_5f5e3119ee2a4aa387d85bc7b7a55e59
- Museum object name
- Cahlă-placă
- Holding institution
- Alba Iulia Roman Catholic Archdiocese
Catalogue references
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