Post-Medieval Ceramic Stove-tiles bearing the Royal Arms: Evidence for their Manufacture and Use in southern Britain

Abstract

In recent years there has been a steadily increasing incidence in the recognition of imported ceramic stove-tiles of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries on archaeological sites in this country. Recent discoveries also show that tile-stoves, or at least their tiles, were being manufactured in Britain; a type-series of heraldic panel and form types has now been established.Major questions still remain as to the precise chronology, use—both functional and social, and source of the tiles. It seems there may be more than one kiln or clay source, possibly within the Hampshire-Surrey region. Stylistic and typological groupings are currently being calibrated by petrological analysis, and significant chronological and attributional patterns are beginning to emerge. It is clear from this preliminary survey that the use of tile-stoves for the purpose of interior heating never caught on fully in Britain.

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