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Rising serpent

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Ground Cream

Ink Black

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130mm Rustic Handmade Glazed Ceramic Tile Plain white £17.99

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Size
130 × 130mm
Material
Glazed ceramic, handmade
Suitable for
Indoors only
Plain
The matching plain white
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Rising serpent

Design no. 222818

Rhinoceros, unicorn and lynx: the beasts of Topsell’s 1658 bestiary, cut in bold, confident line.

Design no.
222818
Department
Archival & Collage
Collection
Topsell’s Beasts & Serpents
Source
Edward Topsell, after Conrad Gessner, The History of Four-footed Beasts and Serpents (London, 1658), page 593
Illustrator
Anonymous woodcut engravers, after Gessner and others
Technique
Woodcut
Style
Topsell’s beast cuts: thick vigorous line, heavy hatching
Subject
Animals
Colour
Black on cream as standard
Form
Single tile
Symmetry
Asymmetric
Complexity
Simple

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Rising serpent