Tile Gallery
Selected medieval tile images for your visual pleasure.
Ornamental glazed bricks or tiles, discovered in England, date from the late 10th century, and are the earliest to be found in Western Europe. They were expensive and their use was restricted to the more weathy minsters.
Carved wooden blocks were used to make moulds and the clay would be pressed into the mould to produce a pattern. The result would then be glazed, or a different colour clay pressed into the pattern to make the finished tile.
Inlaid 8
(M115)
Plastic clay, 4.7 x 4.7 in, inlaid 2 colour unglazed floor tile, unmarked, from near Sudbury Hall. Possibly Repton 14th century.
(TACS publication Glazed Expressions No.19 Winter 1989, the article by Dr Michael Hodder features this design.)
Medieval tile
(M199)
Heraldic, possibly the arms of Grey, diagonal barred shield, from Dale Abbey, 14th century.
Courtesy of Derby Museums & Art Gallery.
Medieval tile
(M200)
Lozenge shape enclosing a circle containing an eight petal rosette, from Dale Abbey, 14th century.
Courtesy of Derby Museums & Art Gallery.
Medieval tile
(M201)
Probably intended as the arms of Leicester, diagonal shield within a circle, from Dale Abbey, 14th century.
Courtesy of Derby Museums & Art Gallery.
Medieval tiles
(M202)
Lombardic L within a lozenge frame and a square frame, from Dale Abbey, 14th century.
Courtesy of Derby Museums & Art Gallery.
Medieval tile
(M203)
Heraldic, Arms of England after 1340, diagonal shield, quartered and bearing three lions passant/five semée-de-lis, from Dale Abbey, 14th century.
Courtesy of Derby Museums & Art Gallery.
Medieval tile
(M204)
Part of a four tile panel, together forming a quatrefoil containing four pairs of birds, from Dale Abbey, 14th century.
Courtesy of Derby Museums & Art Gallery.
Slip decorated tile
(M282)
Coarse red earthenware body, 5.3 x 5.3 in, slip decorated design of a lion rampant with fleur-de-Lys corners, lead glazed, Flemish, mid/late C18th.

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