Dutch wall tile
This complete tile was excavated from a rubbish pit in Exeter dating from around 1660. Traces of mortar on the edges suggest it had been used, but as the surface is not worn it was probably from a wall rather than the floor.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 300/1988/2173
- Category
- Antiquities
- Collection Class
- Exeter archaeology
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Collector Excavator
- Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit
- Material
- ceramiclead glaze
- Common Name
- Dutch wall tile
- Simple Name
- tile (floor)
- Period Classification
- Post Medieval (1500-1750)
- Production Year Low
- 1600
- Production Year High
- 1660
