Tile — Stove Tile, England, 1851
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1851
Tile in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number C.138-2024), made in England, dated 1851, attributed to Pugin. The museum's brief description reads: Stove tile, earthenware with majolica glazes, designed by A.W.N. Pugin for the medieval court at the Great Exhibition and made by Minton, England, 1851.. Museum description: Tile, relief-moulded and pierced earthenware with majolica glaze in green, yellow, pink, blue and white. Decorated with foliated and quatrefoil motifs. The museum records it as Relief-moulded and pierced earthenware with majolica glazes., measuring Height 22.5 cm; Width 22.5 cm; Depth 3 cm. These details come from the museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
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- Catalogue references
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- earthenware
- Dimensions
- Height 22.5 cm; Width 22.5 cm; Depth 3 cm
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- Relief-moulded and pierced earthenware with majolica glazes.
- Maker recorded
- Pugin
- Place recorded
- England
Identification
- Museum object name
- Tile
- Museum object number
- C.138-2024
- Museum system number
- O1778140
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
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