Flat stove tile
Also known as: Cahlă placă
Record status
Individual type · partial
Flat stove tile is held by National Museum of Romanian History. Museum description: Flat stove tile of rectangular shape, the edge is raised, corners slightly rounded, reconstructed from three fragments.
The upper corners, as well as the long side of the rim, have been filled in with plaster. The decoration is in relief and depicts St. George slaying the dragon. St. George on horseback, dressed in a tunic, helmet on his head, sword at his waist, spurs on his boots, kills the dragon with a spear. The dragon is fallen belly-up at the horse's feet. In the upper right corner there is another figure, depicted in smaller dimensions.
The tile is unglazed, brick-red paste; on the back are traces of fingerprints from the craftsman's fingers. The museum record gives measurements length: 168 mm; width: 136 mm; thickness: 10 mm; height: 23 mm; place associated: discovery point: Cătina; discovery locality: Cătina; discovery commune: Cătina commune; county of…. 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
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- clay; modeling
- Dimensions
- lungime: 168 mm; lățime: 136 mm; grosime: 10 mm; înălțime: 23 mm
Technical characteristics
- Place recorded
- punct de descoperire: Cătina; localitate de descoperire: Cătina; comună de descoperire: com. Cătina; județ de descoperire: jud. BUZĂU; regiune de descoperire: Muntenia
Identification
- Europeana id
- /2048047/Clasate_2765864165c74874a686e2434cf8e7af
- Museum object name
- Cahlă placă
- Holding institution
- National Museum of Romanian History
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
- Research required: confirm materials, dimensions, maker and wider type against the holding institution and a specialist reference.