Tile panel
Tile panel
Cleopatra
Object number
KM143.4.a
KM143.4.b
KM143.4.b
Artist/Designer/Maker
Edward Burne-Jones - Designer
Production date
1861-1862
1860s
1860s
Production place
England
England
Holland
England
Holland
Material
earthenware
Technique
hand-painted
glazed
tin-glazed
moulded
glazed
tin-glazed
moulded
Dimensions
height: 12.5cm
width: 12.5cm
width: 12.5cm
Location
Kelmscott Manor - (on display); (on display)
Content description
Two tiles forming a single panel, hand-painted with a female figure wearing a loose flowing robe, clasping a gold crown in her hands. Beside her are coiled three small snakes, their heads raised. A narrow banner bearing the words ‘IMAGO CLEOPATRIA EAEGGYPTI REGINE MARTYRIS’ is suspended between her and them.
Inscriptions
Inscription content
IMAGO CLEOPATRIA EAEGGYPTI REGINE MARTYRIS
Two hand-painted tiles forming a single panel. Designed by Edward Burne-Jones for Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. From a series of eleven tiles designed by Burne-Jones between 1861 -1862 depicting heroines from Chaucer's 'Legend of Goode Wimmen'.
