Tile panel
Tile panel
Qui Bien Aime Tard Oublie
Object number
KM143.1.a
KM143.1.b
KM143.1.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
A single standing female figure wearing a crown and flowing robe and cape, in profile, facing right. A narrow banner bearing the motto 'Qui Bien Aime Tard Oublie' ('Who loves well forgets slowly') is suspended to her right.
Inscriptions
Inscription content
Qui Bien Aime Tard Oublie
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'.
