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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
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