
Anna Burnside
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Bequest in 1985 from the N J Newbury Collection
Graham Slater Collection
Graham Slater realised that London paving tiles were much cruder than their Dutch counterparts, as he actively sought complete English examples from Pickleherring or Aldgate. This dromedary tile has significant firing faults and may have been a kiln waster. Various tiles and fragments with related designs have been excavated in London, see Betts and Weinstein, Tin-Glazed Tiles From London (2010), pp.98-102, figs.42-61. These include a tile with a standing dromedary found near to the site of the Aldgate Pothouse. An animal tile with identical border and corners to the pair in this lot, attributed to Aldgate, was in the Longridge Collection, Christie's, 25 May 2011, lot 110.