Square ceramic tile with geometric and floral motifs painted on front. Surface is glazed, sides are partially glazed. Background is white. Across front are two rows of large flower-like shapes, done in black, with more flower motifs inside them done in dark yellow. The large flower-like shapes have rounded edges. Between the rows are smaller flower-like shapes, done in black, with pointed edges. All flower-like shapes, large and small, outlined in dark yellow and connected together with lines, forming a diamond-like grid overtop the white background, in dark yellow. Dark yellow dots throughout grid. Sides of tile undecorated. Twenty three holes, four rows of five and one row of three, indented on back of tile. Manufacturer’s mark, Maw & Co., stamped on back.

• Iconographic Meaning

  Design is an imitation of English medieval tile patterns.

• Specific Techniques

  Encaustic manufacture, an inlay technique, which consist of clay being pressed into a mold to form a relief. One or more colours of clay are then poured into the imprinted design and levelled. The bulk of the tile is composed of a courser clay that was inserted between the imprinted pattern on top and a similar finer clay on the bottom. After the clays dry, which can take up to three weeks, they are fired together. The holes on the back are for aerating.

• Cultural Context

  Floor tile.

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• Type of Item tile
• Culture English
• Material clay, glaze
• Manufacturing Technique encaustic
• Measurements height 15.1 cm, width 15.2 cm, depth 2.0 cm (overall)

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• Creator Maw & Co.
• Previous Owner Judith Stoffman
• Received from Judith Stoffman

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• Made in United Kingdom, Broseley

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• Creation Date between 1850 and 1900
• Ownership Date before October 30, 2019
• Acquisition Date on October 30, 2019

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• Item Classes ceramics
• Condition fair
• Accession Number 3401/0005