Floor tile

14th century

Medium/TechniqueEarthenware, encaustic decoration

DimensionsOverall: 11.4 x 11.7 x 2.5 cm (4 1/2 x 4 5/8 x 1 in.)

Credit LineThe Lloyd and Vivian Hawes Collection

Accession number2000.1304

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ClassificationsTiles

Collections

Europe

InscriptionsPainted in black on back: "1455" Sticker on back "C.R. Fenton & Co., Ltd/Beachy Road/Old Ford. E.3/3" (The second number "3" is hand-written in red ink and underlined; rest of inscription is commercially printed).

ProvenanceBy 1992, Vivian S. Hawes (b. 1923 - d. 1999), Wellesley, MA [1]; 2000, bequest of Vivian S. Hawes to the MFA. (Accession date: July 13, 2017)

Notes:
[1] Lent to the MFA on June 19, 1992.