Stove tile
Also known as: cahlă
Record status
Individual type · partial
Stove tile is held by ASTRA National Museum Complex. Museum description: Stove tile with side flanges, rectangular, unglazed, relief decoration with ornamental motifs: astral, phytomorphic, floral, and anthropomorphic.
In the centre of the tile is a heart-shaped vase containing a bouquet of flowers composed of a tulip and four daisies with leaves. The flower vase is flanked on each side by a crescent moon. The four corners are decorated with a tulip flower each. The composition is framed in a plain border.; use: In the interior of the dwelling for lining rectangular stoves The museum record gives measurements Ad: 5 cm; lungime: 28,4 cm; lățime: 24,5 cm [Depth: 5 cm; length: 28.4 cm; width: 24.5 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.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- clay; sand; modeling; combustion
- Dimensions
- Ad: 5 cm; lungime: 28,4 cm; lățime: 24,5 cm
Identification
- Europeana id
- /2048047/Clasate_02b87b6ac1644816a200a9c11daa91fe
- Museum object name
- cahlă
- Holding institution
- ASTRA National Museum Complex
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
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