Tile from the D'Urbeville period (7)
I believe the answer is:
tessera
'tile' is the definition.
(I know that tessera is a type of tile)
'd'urbeville period' is the wordplay.
'd'urbeville' becomes 'tess' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'period' becomes 'era' (era is a kind of period).
'tess'+'era'='TESSERA'
'from the' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tessera that I've seen before include "Die" , "Small mosaic piece" , "small bit of artwork" , "Bit of design" , "part of a mosaic" .)