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Stove tile plate with foot

Also known as: Cahlă placă cu picior

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · partial

Stove tile plate with foot is held by National Museum of Romanian History. Museum description: Rectangular stove tile, raised rim, relief decoration. In the center is depicted a vase with handles, elongated neck, and wide mouth, from which emerge five flower tendrils, as well as six other buds. The whole is framed by two ogival arches joining at the center top and bottom. In the four corners is a circular arc, and inside it a tendril with a flower and two leaves. In the center, at the edges, an ogival arch frames a flower. Between the large arches and those in the corners are four more leaves (one on each side). The letters can also be read: P and M - in the area of the central flower bouquet, I and D - on either side of the vase foot, I and б - in the upper part of the small central arch, б and S - in the lower part of the small central arch. The foot is intact, featuring three holes on the long side. On the back of the tile traces of cloth are observed, as well as traces of fu The museum record gives measurements L=238; LA=233; I=50; GR=10; length: 238 mm; width: 233 mm; thickness: 10 mm; height: 50 mm. 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

Material
clay; modeling
Dimensions
L=238; LA=233; I=50; GR=10; lungime: 238 mm; lățime: 233 mm; grosime: 10 mm; înălțime: 50 mm

Identification

Europeana id
/2048047/Clasate_24ba785b4b724b5087e9dd32ddbe0a8a
Museum object name
Cahlă placă cu picior
Holding institution
National Museum of Romanian History

Catalogue references

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