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Estimate
GBP (£) 120 - 170
EUR (€) 140 - 200
USD ($) 160 - 230
CIRCA 16TH CENTURY A.D.
5 - 5 1/2 in. (6.4 kg total, 13-14 cm).
Comprising four bricks with raised designs: scrolling vegetation; two monograms, one a merchant's mark, in roundels divided by an object with tiered base and billeted border; male and female facing busts within dot-dash border; worn crowned shield issuing flowering vegetation. [4]
PROVENANCE:
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.
LITERATURE:
Cf. similar specimen in the British Museum, inventory no.OA.9377.
FOOTNOTES:
These glazed stove or floor tiles are similar to the ones of the great hall and the Tudor kitchens at Hampton Court Palace, made of ceramic, with a glaze to make it hard-wearing and washable. Not just the furnishings, but the palaces themselves were multi-coloured, with brick walls painted red, and exposed timbers in yellow, red, green and white
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