ECM.2166-2010

Parts

Object number

ECM.2166-2010

Object type

Tile

Identification

Title

St Mercurius relief tile

Description

Moulded ceramic relief tile depicting a mounted saint (possibly St. Mercurius) holding a long spear facing downwards. The figure is trampling a fallen figure beneath the horse.

Comments

Web images used with permission of The Barber Institute

Description

Dimensions

Height: 34.5cm
Width: 30cm

Material

plaster

Physical description

Large tile, reconstructed from fragments and incomplete with plaster restoration

History and association

Associated person

Myers, William Joseph, 1858 - 1899 (Compiler)

Object history note

This was probably not a floor tile. Instead, it was likely an architectural revetment tile fixed into the wall of a church, monastery, chapel, or shrine, perhaps alongside other saints to form a decorative frieze.