Stove tile

Bohemia, 15th century

Fired clay.

20 × 19.9 cm

Unmarked

UMP 8043

Donated by school inspector P. J. Jaroš of Rakovník in 1889.

A square tile depicting king David (?) in a crown wearing a richly decorated Renaissance frock. In his hand he holds an inscribed ribbon (illegible). It originates from a castle in western Bohemia, either Lopata or Týřov.