402/1990/82
This stone was part of a chequer-board floor design of grey and white tiles which was laid in one area of the legionary bath-house.
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402/1990/73
161/1987/1
This tile once decorated a mosque interior.
58/1971/3
This tile depicts a rarely used design by William De Morgan called Fox Stealing Goose.
A5091a
This box tile was part of the Roman hypocaust heating system in the late-Roman villa.
A5091c
This fragment of box tile was part of the Roman hypocaust heating system in the late-Roman villa.
56/1924/15
Paper and old hand-written note circa 1924 on the back reads “Copy of Hieroglyphics on top of altar of Copan in Guatemala (near the frontier of Honduras).
860/1989/1
This tile contains some of the earliest writing from Devon.
300/1988/2173
This complete tile was excavated from a rubbish pit in Exeter dating from around 1660.
118/2002/1
This Roman tile fragment has the impression of dog paw prints on the surface.
403/1990/6
Decorative tiles called ‘antefixes’ were used on the roof of the Roman legionary bath-house in Exeter.
118/2002/2
118/2002/3
118/2002/4
403/1990/1
Decorative tiles called ‘antefixes’ were used on the roof of the legionary bath-house in Exeter.
403/1990/2
403/1990/3
403/1990/5
Tiles like these were attached to the outside of the roof of the Roman bath-house.
A5087
Tiles like this were used to roof the house and outbuilding of the mid-Roman farmstead at Holcombe.
284/1989/221
Tiles were a very popular form of Roman roofing.
284/1989/222
448/2009/11/2/1
A complete smoke-blackened terracotta antefix tile was found in one of the lower fills of a Roman pit which appears to have been infilled at some stage in the latter part of the 2nd century.
533/2006
Tin-glazed earthenware tiles were used to decorate walls and fireplaces.
509/2006
7453
This is part of a wrapping for an individual piece of cloth 24 yards by 31 ins, manufactured by Thomas Fox of Wellington.
87/2001/3
The first electric tram in Exeter operated in 1905 and the routes were extended over the following years.
110/1981/322
Zinc ointment would have been used to soothe and help heal skin irritation, particularly conditions like nappy rash or chapped skin.
110/1981/323
110/1981/324
Boracic ointment is used as a mild antiseptic and treatment for minor burns and wounds.
110/1981/327
Bile Beans were a laxative tonic, it was marketed as a ‘cure-all’ and promised to “disperse unwanted fat” and “purify and enrich the blood”, as well as treating headaches and digestive complaints.