Delftware tile
Tin-glazed earthenware tiles were used to decorate walls and fireplaces. They often showed moral or religious scenes, like this one which depicts Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 509/2006
- Category
- Antiquities
- Collection Class
- Devon archaeology
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Material
- ceramictin-glazed earthenware
- Common Name
- delftware tile
- Simple Name
- tile (wall)
- Period Classification
- Georgian (1714-1837)
