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Tile

MOA: University of British Columbia

3658/3

Square floor tile with quatrefoil foliate design. Surface is glazed. Dark brown square and quatrefoil designs on a yellow-beige ground, and red-brown foliage spandrel in each corner. The quatrefoil has a blue and white cross at centre with a red-brown lozenge. On the back, there are 4 rows of 4 circular holes. Manufacturer’s mark, W. Godwin Lugwardine Hereford, moulded in relief on the reverse.

  • Specific Techniques

    Encaustic, or inlaid, floor tile.

  • Narrative

    Quatrefoil foliate design by Augustus Pugin (1812-1852); for the William Godwin factory of Lugwardine; c. 1860, Victorian.

  • Type of Item tile
  • Culture English
  • Material clay, paint, glaze
  • Measurements height 15.2 cm, width 15.2 cm, depth 2.0 cm (overall)
  • Creator Godwin & Co., Augustus Pugin
  • Previous Owner Judith Stoffman
  • Received from Judith Stoffman
  • Made in United Kingdom, Lugwardine
  • Creation Date during 1860
  • Ownership Date before February 8, 2024
  • Acquisition Date on February 8, 2024
  • Item Classes ceramics
  • Condition good
  • Accession Number 3658/0003

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