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cutting, I in. to 1.1 in. thick. over impression and is 1/32
in. thick, glaze is orange-yellow and details of the design are carefully
handled. Well fired with a grey core. Both fragments are part of a sixteen-tile design. Similar examples have been recorded at Frittenden3 and also at New Romney, Appledore and probably at Maidstone (All Saints)4 and Higham Priory.5 It is likely that this group dates from c. 1360-90 and the distribution pattern suggests more than one centre of production. Group III. 10. One fragment of tile, 0.7 in. thick, of a dull-red fabric with coarse grit temper and some large stone inclusions; steeply bevelled sides and no keying, the tile having been |
shaped by cutting and scored diagonally before firing to enable it to be
broken into a triangular shape after. White slip has been applied over
impression and is 1/32 in. thick. Glaze is bright
orange-yellow, and the fragment is well fired with a grey core. This tile is difficult to parallel except for an identical example in Brookland church. Possibly it is an import from the Low Countries,6 3 Arch. Cant., ix (1874), 203. 4 J. Cave-Browne, A History of Maidstone (1890). 5 Arch. Cant., lxxxii (1967), 143. 6 J. B. Ward Perkins, 'Late Medieval Flemish inlaid Tiles in England', Antiq. Journ. xvii (1937), 442. |
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