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Lot 82

Four medieval encaustic tiles, 14th-15th century

17 May 2017, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

£1,000 - £1,400

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Four medieval encaustic tiles, 14th-15th century

Comprising an English tile inlaid with a lozenge panel of two affronted birds, oakleaf corners, 14.8cm square, an Aisne heraldic tile with the quartered arms of the region, 13.5cm, and two other North Eastern French tiles, one with a bird among leaves, 12.5cm, the other divided into four smaller squares each containing a different heraldic device, 11.6cm-11.8cm square

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The French heraldic designs are recorded by Édouard Fleury, Étude sur le Pavage Émaillé (1855), p.25, fig.53 and p.26, fig.57.

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