{"title":"Ian M Betts","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"tin-glazed-tiles-from-london-book-ian-m-betts-9781901992908","title":"Tin-Glazed Tiles from London","description":"Tin-glazed tiles from London looks at the rich diversity of  decorative tile designs available in the capital over 400 years.  It traces the use of multicoloured floor tiles from their initial  importation from Spain at the beginning of the 16th century,  through the switch to Low Countries imports in the mid 16th  century, to their manufacture in London during the late 16th  century. A century later, tin-glazed tile manufacture changed  profoundly - to the production of thinner, generally blue and purple on white tiles intended for walls. Many of these wall  tiles were Dutch imports, relatively few being made in London  before the 18th century.  Over 500 individual designs are catalogued, many on tiles in the Museum of London. Earlier, multicoloured floor tiles have a wide  range of decoration, including floral and geometric patterns, and  designs with flowers, fruit and animals. Landscape and biblical  scenes were popular subjects on later, blue and purple on white  wall tiles, along with flowers, birds, ships, military figures  and mythological scenes.  In London 14 tin glaze pothouses are known to have manufactured  tiles alongside tin-glazed pottery. Other tiles can be linked  with individual production sites in Spain, Belgium (Flanders) and  the Netherlands. Over 40 locations in the Greater London area are  known to have had wall tiles; these sites are listed and tiles  from over 20 are illustrated.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53559161291025,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53559161389329,"sku":"GOR014960297","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781901992908.jpg?v=1778758716"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/collections\/author-books-by-ian-m-betts.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}