Delftware tile
- Description
- This tile was from a fire surround of a house in Exeter. Tiles like these were decorative but also informative as they often show scenes from the Bible. This tile tells part of the story of Samson.
- Accession Loan No.
- 39/1991/11
- Collection Class
- Architectural fragments
- Common Name
- Delftware tile
- Simple Name
- tile
- Full Name
- Delftware tile, Samson carrying doors
- Period Classification
- Stuart (1603-1714)
- Family Group
- Material
- ceramic; tin-glazed earthenware
- Collection Site Name
- Bartholomew Street
- Collection Town
- Exeter
- Collection County
- Devon
- Collection Country
- United Kingdom: England
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Collection Continent
- Europe
