Post-Medieval Floor and Wall Tile Fabrics (Tin Glazed Only) Updated Last: April 96

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Tin-glazed post-medieval floor and wall tile fabrics

July 2007

*: occurrence is occurrence in London

Spanish(partly tin-glazed)

Fabric 2292

Greyish-white

Numerous very fine quartz grains (up to 0.05mm). Spanish (Seville) fabric

Rare*

English and Low Countries

Fabric 1819

Pink

Fairly sandy fabric, quartz common (up to 0.2mm). Moderate red and black iron oxide (up to 0.3mm). Common red clay lenses and rounded cream silty inclusions (up to 4.0mm) and occasional calcium carbonate.Mainly floor tile

Fairly common

Fabric 2186

Orange, pink (caused by red and white bands)

Fairly sandy, common quartz (up to 0.3mm), and red and black iron oxide (up to 0.5mm). Common silt bands and lenses.Mainly floor tile

Rare

Fabric 2187

Orange, grey core, pink

Fairly sandy, common quartz (up to 0.6mm) with moderate silty bands and lenses. Occasional iron oxide (up to 0.3mm). Quartz content varies.Mainly floor tile

Rare

Fabric 2189

Orange and grey/ white and pink

Mixture of two clays: fabrics1819 and 2187.Mainly floor tile

Rare

Fabric 2196

White

Fairly sandy, common quartz (up to 0.2mm), Moderate red and black iron oxide (mainly up to 1.2mm). Occasional red clay bands.Mainly floor tile

Very common

Fabric 2197

White, pink

Fairly sandy, common quartz (up to 0.2mm), moderate red and black iron oxide (up to 0.5mm). Scatter of light brown clay lenses (up to 0.6mm) and red clay bands.Mainly floor tile

Rare

Fabric 3064

White, cream

Sandy, common quartz (up to 0.4mm), scatter of light red iron oxide (up to 0.8mm), mainly wall tile.Wall tile. Often a Dutch fabric

Very common

Fabric 3067

Cream

Fairly sandy, common small quartz (up to 0.2mm), black and red iron oxide (up to 0.3mm), occasional iron oxide (up to 2.0mm). Wall and floor tile

Very common

Fabric 3078

Cream

Fairly sandy, common small quartz (up to 0.2mm), scatter of red and brown, rounded iron oxide/clay inclusions (up to 1.0mm) Normally wall tile

Common

Fabric 3079

Cream

Common quartz (up to 0.3mm) with scatter of brown iron oxide (up to 0.4mm). Similar to fabric 3064 but fabric is characterised by occasional large maroon clay lenses (up to 25mm).Floor tile

Fairly rare

Fabric 3086

Cream

Fine clay matrix with scatter of quartz (up to 0.3mm) and iron oxide (up to 0.3mm).Wall and floor tile

Common

Fabric 3240

Pink

Fairly sandy with numerous small quartz (up to 0.3mm), and common iron oxide (up to 0.6mm). Common large rounded white and cream calcium carbonate inclusions (up to 5.0mm).Floor tile

Very rare

Fabric 3253[stoneware fabric]

Creamish-white

Common very small quartz and red and black iron oxide (up to 0.2mm), plus scatter of larger grains (up to 0.4mm).London wall tile fabric

Very rare

Fabric 3254

Light brown

Streaky fabric with very thin orange and cream bands. Fairly common quartz (up to 0.4mm) and occasional red and black iron oxide (up to 0.7mm).Wall tile

Very rare