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County: Sussex Click on Image to see original watercolour
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Town/Village: Keymer Park
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Iconography: Human figure
Copied from (Collection): B Mus London A 74
Watercolour Ref. No.: X028
Notebook: FMP  
Portfolio: Jas P,  
Notebook: IH 7
Other details: Given by Rev Edward Turner 1853. Two tiles with impressed pattern, a head to right with fantastic helmet in a diamond shaped panel, leaf designs in the angles, washed with white slip.16th century. 4.9 inches square. These tiles are probably of French make, and may be compared with those from la Maison Argot, near Dieppe. See specimen in French Pottery section to Museum. G Marryat Pottery and Porcelain p150 Fig. 78. Red impressed, yellow glaze much worn, another wider impression on glaze.
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