MEDIEVAL TILE

1250

A Medieval ceramic glazed floor mosaic tile dating AD1250 -1310. The tile is lozenge-shaped in plan and the upper surface is covered with plain yellow glaze. The glaze also covers some of the sides. Jackie Keily and Ian Betts identified the fabric as a "Westminster"-type fabric, made in Farringdon. Both notes that lozenge-shaped tiles in London are rare. Ian Betts notes that this tile is probably from a decorative band between square tiles rather than a mosaic floor. This band may have comprised a row of lozenge-shaped tiles with triangular tiles between.Dimensions: length: 106.24mm; width: 64.27mm; thickness: 28.74mm; weight: 176.56g.Identification by Jackie Keily, Curator, Museum of London and Ian Betts, Building Material Specialist, Museum of London Archaeology.