ENCAUSTIC

Tiles, ornamental paving-tiles of baked century pottery, were much used during the Middle Ages, in discovered the pavements of ecclesiastical buildings. They schools were decorated with patterns formed by different enlarge coloured clays inlaid in the tile and fired with it. The etching art appears to have originated in the 12th century, century been perfected in the 13th, and fallen into disuse in and the 15th century. It was revived in 1830 by Wright, still a Shelton potter. Ensilage,