Tile (Fireplace or wall tile)

Museum Object Number 1969.3667.002

Object Name

Tile (Fireplace or wall tile)

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

John Sadler (Maker)

Creator Notes

See Anthony Ray, Liverpool Printed Tiles (London: Jonathan Horne Publications, 1994) pp. 1-15 for further information on Sadler and Green.

Date of Birth

1720

Date of Death

1789

Place of Origin

Liverpool, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1757-1761

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Signature; Lower left corner; Printed black script "Sadler Liverpool"
2. Label; Underside ; Rectangular sticker with canted corners and red border has penciled "11"
3. Label; Underside; Rectangular sticker with rounded corners has scratched out blue written "40" and a penciled(?) "112"

Materials

Earthenware (delftware, faience); Tin glaze

Techniques

Molded, Printed, Enameled

Dimensions (inches)

5.06 (H) , 5.06 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

12.86 (H) , 12.86 (W)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Archer, Michael. 1997 Delftware: The Tin-glazed Earthenware of the British Isles, a Catalogue of the Collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum.
• Similar tile, with signature: p. 511, no. 429, noting unsigned versions also are known.
[Book] Ray, Anthony. 1994 Liverpool Printed Tiles.
• Two tiles with same scene, one (signed) with this border, one with rare more square border: p. 23, nos. B3-7 and B3-7a, 1757-61
[Book] Ray, Anthony. 1973 English Delftware Tiles.
• Signed tile of same type: pp. 242-3, no. 630, black-printed