A massive medieval earthenware partial tile c.1453

A massive medieval earthenware partial tile c.1453, probably Malvern, decorated in cream slip with a formal geometric foliate design inlaid, fragment, 26cm.

Cf. Jonathan Horne, English Pottery catalogue 2003, p.3 for a similar example from Malvern School. A large wall of some 1300 similar tiles, including a design near identical to this, is on the wall behind the high altar at Great Malvern Priory. The wall includes the date 1453, and it is believed that the tiles were made locally specifically for the Priory.