- 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)
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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
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.