Moulding

Terracotta was used to adorn the houses of the wealthiest courtiers, nobility and royalty. This fragment would have been a decorative element around a window or doorframe of a building on the Order’s Priory site, and is an indication of the wealth of the Order at this time.

Object type

Architecture

Date

Production: 1520 - 1540

Dimensions

Height x width x depth: 230 x 310 x 105mm

Materials and technique

Terracotta, carved

Related place(s)

Priory Church
Clerkenwell
London

References

London Museum. "Moulding." London Museum. 2024. Accessed October 31, 2024, https://www.londonmuseum.org.uk/collections/v/object-732026/moulding/

Provenance

Excavated on the Priory site in Clerkenwell in the 19th century.

Catalogue number

2024.8