In the area of Utrecht production of ceramics dates back for centuries: from roof and floor tiles, to decorative pottery. This floor is made from baked red-clay tiles, decorated with various colours of glazing. The different tiles together create clever geometric figures. The large centre tiles are decorated with deer and dragons, while the smaller ones depict eagles, rosettes, and French lilies.
Discovered in the garden of Janskerkhof 16, the floor was most likely part of the hall in a large stone house with turrets, which had stood on that spot.
In the area of Utrecht production of ceramics dates back for centuries: from roof and floor tiles, to decorative pottery. This floor is made from baked red-clay tiles, decorated with various colours of glazing. The different tiles together create clever geometric figures. The large centre tiles are decorated with deer and dragons, while the smaller ones depict eagles, rosettes, and French lilies.
Discovered in the garden of Janskerkhof 16, the floor was most likely part of the hall in a large stone house with turrets, which had stood on that spot.
Gevonden in de tuin van Janskerkhof 16, op het terrein waar een claustraal huis van de Janskerk heeft gestaan. Dit fragment is ongeveer de helft van de vloer die daar in de grond begraven lag. De woning Janskerkhof 16 is eeuwenlang bewoond geweest door de familie Martens resp. Martens van Sevenhoven.
Documentation
Catalogus van het Historisch Museum der stad [1928, cat. nrs. 1-1403], W.C. Schuylenburg, (Utrecht, 1928), cat. nr. 483
Catalogus van het Museum van Oudheden [1878], door S. Muller Fz.. S. Muller Fz., (Utrecht, 1878), cat. nr. 101
Catalogus van het Museum van Oudheden [1904], door S. Muller Fz.. S. Muller Fz., (Utrecht, 1904), cat. nr. 435
Exhibitions
Utrechters dromen van Rome, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 2008 - 2012
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