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Encaustic tile depicting Medusa, Minton & Co., 1895
American millionaire William Waldorf Astor bought Clivedon in 1893 for $1.2m and set about remodelling many rooms of the house and improving the grounds. Astor’s eldest son Waldorf married Nancy Langhorne in 1906 and they were given Clivedon as a wedding gift. Nancy Astor reputedly did not like the Minton encaustic floor and had it taken up and stored in the basement of the property. Waldorf Astor gave Clivedon to the National Trust in 1942 and in 1966 it was opened to the public. John Scott bought the Medusa roundel from a dealer many years after it was removed from Clivedon and it was part of the collection that he gave to the Museum, it is now on display at Jackfield Tile Museum.
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